Alabama athletics announced it had initiated the termination process for former coach Brad Bohannon on May 4, and the letter notifying Bohannon reveals more details why.

The Tuscaloosa News obtained the letter Tuesday in an open records request. Athletics director Greg Byrne sent the letter to Bohannon and wrote that the letter served "as notice of the University of Alabama's decision to initiate the process of terminating your Employment Contract for cause."

Byrne said the athletic department believed "sufficient evidence" existed to support firing Bohannon for cause under 10 subsections of Bohannon's contract. Byrne wrote that other examples of prohibited conduct in the UA employee handbook also supported firing Bohannon for cause.

The examples:

• Violation of University or departmental policies or procedures

• Dishonest acts

• Conducting oneself in a manner that is offensive, abusive, unethical, contrary to common decency or morality or brings discredit to the University or lacks civility

Some of the subsections of Bohannon's contract that Byrne's letter included as reason to fire Bohannon for cause include items such as:

• Repeated failure by Employee, following a specific request, to respond promptly, accurately and fully to any reasonable request or inquiry by the University relating to Employee's performance of Employee's duties and responsibilities hereunder or Failure by Employee, following a specific request, to respond promptly, accurately and fully to any reasonable request or inquiry concerning compliance with Governing Athletic Rules, University Rules, or law (5.01(b)(5))

• Soliciting, placing, or accepting by Employee of a bet or wager on any intercollegiate or professional athletic contest whether through a bookmaker, a pool, or any other person, means or method, or permitting, encouraging, or condoning such acts by any coach, staff, student-athletes, or any other person (5.01(b)(13))

• Furnishing by Employee of information or data relating in any manner to any sport, athletic program, or student-athlete, to any individual known to Employee to be or whom Employee should reasonably know to be a gambler, bettor, or bookmaker, or an agent of any such person, or the consorting or associating by Employee with such persons (5.01(b)(14))

An investigation revealed Bohannon was on the phone with a father of a University of Cincinnati baseball player who was placing large wagers on Alabama baseball against LSU on April 28 in Cincinnati. Alabama pitcher Luke Holman had been scratched late from the starting lineup for that Friday game, which Holman later confirmed was for a back issue.

Bohannon was immediately placed on administrative leave May 4, pending a hearing on May 18 to which Bohannon was entitled through his contract. During his leave, he was not allowed to report to campus, could not represent UA or the baseball program externally and could not communicate with current players, recruits, parents, alumni or media, Byrne wrote.

Bohannon had his contract officially terminated May 18.

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Bohannon has not returned multiple requests for comment from The Tuscaloosa News.

The Ohio Casino Control Commission suspended wagers on Alabama baseball after suspicious activity was detected on the game Alabama baseball lost to LSU 8-6.

Other states such as Indiana, Pennsylvania and New Jersey also suspended betting on the Crimson Tide after that.

Byrne said he was in Florida for SEC meetings when he found out about the ESPN article with the news the Commission in Ohio had suspended bets on Alabama baseball. He said UA began to look into it immediately after.

"Any time you have any challenges, you get the information that you can, you deal with it the most appropriate way that you can with the information you have at the time," Byrne said May 10.

Byrne added there was no indication that players were involved in the gambling.

Byrne made pitching coach Jason Jackson the interim head coach, and Jackson led Alabama to an NCAA Super Regional. Along the way, UA played host to its first NCAA Regional since 2006. Then Byrne hired Maryland's Rob Vaughn as the permanent head coach and promoted Jackson to associate head coach.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama baseball: More details on why UA fired ex-coach Brad Bohannon