Air Force has suspended head men's basketball coach Joe Scott indefinitely as the treatment of cadet-athletes is investigated,the school announced in a brief statement Saturday.
"Air Force Men's Basketball Head Coach Joe Scott has been suspended indefinitely pending an investigation into the treatment of cadet-athletes," the statement reads. "Assistant Coach Jon Jordan (USAFA '85) will serve as interim head coach.
"No further information is releasable at this time."
Scott, 60, has led the Falcons for 10 seasons, including six straight in his second stint as head coach. He previously served in that role from 2000-04.
While Scott, who played at Princeton as a guard from 1983-87, guided Air Force to a Mountain West regular-season title and an NCAA tournament appearance during a 2003-04 season that saw the Falcons crack the AP Top 25, he hasn't achieved comparable success in his second go-around at the program's helm.
In fact, Scott has yet to author a winning season since he took over the reins again ahead of the 2020-21 season.
The Falcons have won single-digit games three of the past five seasons and are off to a 3-14 start this season. As of Saturday morning, they are still winless (0-6) in Mountain West competition during the 2025-26 campaign.
After Scott's first run as Air Force head coach, he took the same position at his alma mater, Princeton. His reunion lasted from 2004-07. Then he coached Denver for nine seasons from 2007-16. He took the Pioneers to the NIT after a WAC regular-season title in 2012-13.
Scott was an assistant at Holy Cross (2016-18) and then Georgia (2018-20) before returning to Air Force.
Jon Jordan, Air Force's interim head coach, is also in his second stint with the program. He's been back since the 2022-23 campaign. He's coached on the program's staff for a total of nine seasons, dating back to 2000-05 when he first worked under Scott and then Chris Mooney.
A 1985 graduate of Air Force, where he was a three-year letter winner on the court, Jordan also coached on Scott's staff at Denver.
