However, San Francisco's success on the court came at a price. The NCAA placed the Dons on probation two times in the late 1970s for booster/alumni interference with the program and recruiting improprieties by coaches. Each NCAA investigation eventually led to the dismissal of a San Francisco head coach, leading "San Francisco Chronicle" sportswriter Glenn Dickey to call the program "totally out of control." In light of these and other revelations, school president Rev. John Lo Schiavo, a lifelong basketball enthusiast and all-city power forward in his youth, let it be known after the second NCAA case was resolved in 1980 that he would shut down the high-profile program if there was any further incident.