ATHENS, Ga. – Damon Evans resigned as Georgia's athletic director less than a week after he was arrested on a DUI charge.
School president Michael Adams made the announcement Monday following a conference call with the executive committee of the athletic association's board of directors. He said Evans resigned on Sunday.
Adams read a statement and said he will have no other comment until Tuesday.
Evans was arrested late Wednesday in Atlanta. He was charged with DUI and failure to maintain a lane. Also arrested with him was Courtney Fuhrmann, who was charged with disorderly conduct.
Evans said Thursday Fuhrmann is "just a friend." According to the incident report, the arresting officer said Fuhrmann told him she had been seeing Evans for "only a week or so."
Evans, 40, and his wife, Kerri, have two children. He apologized to his wife, who attended his news conference on Thursday.
Evans became the Southeastern Conference's first black athletic director in 2004.
There was no immediate word on a replacement.
Adams said Evans, whose raise to a $550,000 annual salary took effect at about the same time as his arrest, will be paid three months salary as severance. Evans also will receive $100,000 he has earned as a longevity bonus.
