According to the Daily Kansan paper thingy:
Coach Mark Mangino resigned Thursday following allegations of unfair treatment of players. During his time as Kansas football coach, Mangino has also had altercations with the University Parking Department.
Mark Mangino was so upset after he received a ticket in June 2007 that he got in his car, tracked down the student who wrote the ticket and “screamed, yelled and cussed” for nearly ten minutes, according to documents obtained by the University Daily Kansan through an open records request.
It was the 33rd parking citation he had received since 2002, and the 22nd for parking in this exact loading zone. Mangino paid the ticket the same day it was issued — this was the only time he had done this — and employees of the Parking and Transit Department said he was “sweetness and light while paying the ticket.”
Donna Hultine, director of the Parking and Transit Department, said in an e-mail that Mangino called her the day after the incident and completely denied the behavior, classifying it as a conversation. However, Hultine later said that an employee of the athletic department confirmed the student’s account of the incident along with several witnesses.
In the e-mail to James Long, the Vice Provost for Facilities Planning and Management, Hultine said that she was instructing all officers to turn on the microphone on their radios if they encounter similar situations with Mangino in the future so the conversation could be broadcast to the police department and recorded.
Hultine said the athletic department was supportive in the incident and mentioned Athletic Director Lew Perkins specifically.
Brad Walters, the student that issued the citation, gave his account of the incident in an incident report. The full text of the report is available below this article.
The student that issued the citation to Mangino said he was standing in an adjacent parking lot to where the citation was issued when Mangino stopped his car nearby at about 2:15 p.m. and called him to the vehicle.
Mangino asked the student if he had written the ticket. The student replied that he had and Mangino then asked, “What in the hell for?” While the student explained that he had been blocking a loading dock, Mangino said that “he had boxes of notebooks to unload and that the student was wrong for ticketing him."
The student explained to Mangino how to unload without getting a ticket. Mangino asked the student who had told him to ticket cars in that spot and then asked for his boss’s information. The student explained that his boss told him to ticket cars in the spot and that he was not allowed to give out his boss’ personal information.
“He got out of the car, slammed the door and came within about a half foot of my face and started yelling at me, saying that I couldn’t answer any of his questions and that he works 16-hour days and has no time to go get a pass,” Walters said.
Mangino then asked the student why he didn’t ticket a four-wheeler that was parked near his car, and the student explained that it wasn’t a vehicle and didn’t have a license plate on it.
Mangino then yelled, “So, if I take my plate off you won’t ticket me?”
When the student said he still would, Mangino said, “That’s goddamn ridiculous.”
At this point, the student said people near Allen Fieldhouse stopped to watch. Mangino then insisted that he had only parked there a few times and had paid all five or six of those tickets. He then asked the student to check his file, but the student told him that his file was not relevant.
“He [Mangino] said ‘this job give you power, does it? You feel real f powerful walking around like a big shot, huh?” Walters said.
Walters tried to deny these claims but Mangino continued.
“Why in the hell else would you be bothering me with this?” Mangino asked.
The student explained that his office told him to ticket cars parked in that spot, but Mangino yelled “So offices tell you what to do? F offices walk around telling you what to do all day?”
The student said Mangino eventually got back into his car, but then said, “You just don’t like talking to me because I’m ethnic, just because I talk with my hands.”
“He then went on to tell me how important he is to this university and how he doesn’t have time to spend dealing with this crap,” Walters said. “He said that before he coached here the team would do whatever they wanted on campus. He said they would park in handicap stalls or wherever else they wanted, that they would crap all over us. They would get up in our officer’s faces and yell at them for giving them tickets, and they would get away with it. He says he doesn’t tolerate his team doing that anymore, and that if they are caught doing such things that he won’t let them play.”
Mangino then gave an example of such a player he said was suspended from the Kansas State game the previous year, but didn’t give his name or reason for suspension.
“Overall, the conversation lasted nearly 10 minutes,” the student said. “And he never once lowered his voice other than when he said that I won and he gives up and drove away.”
Full text of the incident report:
Nature of Incident: Angry Customer
Incident Date and time: 6/11/07 at 2:15 p.m.
Reporting Officer: Brad Walters
I ticketed Mark Mangino at the loading dock in lot 31 then walked over to lot 70 near the meters. He drove over and stopped his car in the middle of the roadway and yelled at me to come over there. I walked to within about 10 feet of his car and asked if I could help him. Still yelling, he asked if I wrote the ticket. I said yes and he asked, “what in the hell for?” After starting to say that he was blocking the loading dock, he cut me off in the middle of my sentence and asked, “Is that a loading dock? Is it not a goddamn loading dock?” After starting my next sentence, he cut me off and told me how he had boxes of notebooks to “UN-LOAD!” and that I was wrong in ticketing him and asked how to unload without getting a ticket. I told him to either get a loading permit from the booths or to contact the office. He asked who told me to ticket cars that are unloading, and I informed him that my boss told me to ticket cars in that spot. He asked my boss’ name and I told him that information wasn’t mine to give out. He got out of the car, slammed the door and came within about a half foot of my face and started yelling at me, saying that I couldn’t answer any of his questions and that he works 16-hour days and has no time to go get a pass. He continued yelling, asking why I didn’t ticket the Gator 4-wheeler behind his car, so I told him it wasn’t a vehicle. He demanded I explain how it’s not, and I said it doesn’t even have a license plate on it. He yelled, “So, if I take my plate off you won’t ticket me?” I said I still would and he told me “that’s goddamn ridiculous.” At this point, people working in the fieldhouse stopped what they were doing to watch. He insisted that he has only parked there a few times and has paid all 5 or 6 of those tickets. He told me to check his file at least 3 times during this conversation. I told him that wasn’t relevant to this ticket and he said “this job give you power doesn’t it? You feel real f powerful walking around like a big shot, huh?” I tried to say no but he continued. “Why in the hell else would you be bothering me with this?” I told him again that the office told me to ticket cars parked there and he yelled “so offices tell you what to do? F offices walk around telling you what to do all day?” He got back in his car eventually, then said, “You just don’t like talking to me because I’m ethnic, just because I talk with my hands.” He then went on to tell me how important he is to this university and how he doesn’t have time to spend dealing with this crap. He said that before he coached here the team would do whatever they wanted on campus. He said they would park in handicap stalls or wherever else they wanted, that they would crap all over us, they would get up in our officer’s faces and yell at them for giving them tickets, and they would get away with it. He says he doesn’t tolerate his team doing that anymore, and that if they are caught doing such things that he won’t let them play. The only example he gave was a player that was suspended from play against K-State this past year, but he didn’t give his name or the reason he was suspended. Overall, the conversation lasted nearly 10 minutes and he never once lowered his voice other than when he said that I won and he gives up and drove away.
Parking History:
Mangino received a total of 33 parking citations from June 2002-07. Most of the violations were for parking with no permit or in a restricted area, all $20 citations. One citation was for blocking a dumpster, a $35 citation. Mangino paid 29 of these citations, while 3 were voided for administrative decisions* and 1 was voided for him purchasing a parking permit.
*In an e-mail from Donna Hultine, Director of Parking and Transit, she says that the citations were voided after the department explained to Mangino that the spot was illegal and that he would be issued more citations if he parked there in the future.
Full list of Mangino's parking citations:
June 17, 2002 – Burge Union - $20 No Permit – Paid June 24
August 2, 2002 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion Dumpster- $35 Blocking Dumpster – Paid November 14
June 25, 2004 – Burge Union- $20 No Permit – Paid July 8
July 8, 2004- Burge Union- $20 No Permit – Paid Nov 3
July 22, 2004 – Burge Union - $20 No Permit- Voided because a permit was purchased
October 19, 2004- Allen Field House - $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone)- Voided because of an administrative decision*
March 31, 2005 – Allen Field House - $20 Restricted Area(Note: Blocking Dumpster) – Voided because of an administrative decision*
June 6, 2005 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 No Permit – Paid June 10
October 19, 2005 – Allen Field House - $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) – Paid December 9
October 25, 2005- Anschutz Sports Pavilion - $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) - Paid December 9
October 26, 2005 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area – Paid December 9
October 27, 2005 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion - $20 Restricted Area – Paid December 9
November 1, 2005 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion - $20 Restricted Area – Paid December 9
November 3, 2005 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion - $20 Restricted Area- Paid December 9
November 4, 2005 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone)- Paid December 9
November 18, 2005 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion - $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone)- Paid December 9
February 6, 2006 – Allen Field House- $20 Restricted Area – Paid February 27
May 8, 2006 – Allen Field House- $20 Restricted Area- Voided because of an administrative decision
May 15, 2006 – Allen Field House- $20 Nondesignated(Note: Loading Zone) – Paid May 23
May 26, 2006 – Allen Field House - $20 Nondesignated- Paid June 2
October 11, 2006 – Allen Field House - $20 Nondesignated – Paid November 21
October 18, 2006 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion - $20 Restricted Area – Paid November 6
October 27, 2006 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion - $20 Nondesignated – Paid November 21
November 16, 2006 – Hoglund Field- $20 Restricted Area – Paid February 7, 2007
November 19, 2006- Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 No Valid Permit – Paid December 4
January 3, 2007 - Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) - Paid February 7
January 8, 2007 - Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) – Paid January 17
January 29, 2007 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) - Paid February 7
February 19, 2007- Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) – Paid March 5
April 19, 2007 - Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) – Paid June 7
May 1, 2007 – Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) – Paid May 11
May 9, 2007 - Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone)- Paid June 7
June 11, 2007 - Anschutz Sports Pavilion- $20 Restricted Area(Note: Loading Zone) – Paid June 11
*In an e-mail from Donna Hultine, Director of Parking and Transit, she says that the citations were voided after the department explained to Mangino that the spot was illegal and that he would be issued more citations if he parked there in the future.
