New Mexico State reached a settlement on Friday with former men's basketball coach Greg Heiar in a wrongful termination lawsuit.

Terms of the settlement were not released.

Heiar was fired and the school canceled the remainder of the 2022-23 basketball after allegations of hazing within the program surfaced. Heiar later said in arbitration documents that he was made the scapegoat for hazing and other problems that administrators chose to ignore, causing him mental anguish and emotional distress since being fired by the university.

“On behalf of our client, Greg Heiar, we are pleased to announce that a settlement has been reached in the arbitration of Coach Heiar and New Mexico State University,” attorneys Ryan P. and Brett J. Danoff of Danoff Law Firm, P.C., said in a statement. “Coach H

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