Marquette athletic director Steve Cottingham resigned Thursday, parting ways with a program facing scrutiny for recent legal issues. Cottingham was named the school's interim athletic director in January 2007 and took the role on a permanent basis a year later. He oversaw a tumultuous transition after men's basketball coach Tom Crean left for Indiana, and successor Buzz Williams has kept up the program's winning ways on the court. But Marquette recently has been criticized for the way it handled sexual assault allegations against unidentified athletes. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6723894
