OXFORD — Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork is considering self-imposing penalties on the women’s basketball program as the university cooperates with an NCAA investigation regarding “impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct.”

Head coach Adrian Wiggins and two assistants — Kenya Landers and Michael Landers — were fired on Saturday as a result of the university’s findings. Bjork said Wiggins has been fired with cause, but will be paid his annual $250,000 state salary through the end of March.

“We have no findings at this time that Coach Wiggins was involved in our violations, however ultimate responsibility lies with each head coach in all of our programs,” Bjork said. “We discovered and determined more could have been done. The tough part about all this is Adrian Wiggins is a good man and we hope the best for him and his family as he moves forward.”

Bjork said he hopes to name an interim head coach quickly. The season starts on Nov. 9 with a home game against Southeastern Louisiana.

Assistant coaches Brett Frank, Rebecca Kates-Taylor and Taja Edwards have been retained and will be considered for the interim position, but Bjork said he will also look at outside candidates.

The university has also declared that two women’s basketball players — former Warren Central star Sha’Kayla Caples and Brandy Broome — are ineligible after failing to meet NCAA transfer eligibility standards.