Person with knowledge of situation: Tim Pernetti out as Rutgers athletic director

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti answers a question in Piscataway, N.J. Some Rutgers alumni say Pernetti should be dismissed over his handling of men's basketball coach Mike Rice's behavior and some are questioning what university President Robert Barchi knew, and when. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (The Associated Press)

At dusk, lights remain on at Rutgers University's Old Queens building where President Robert Barchi was in a meeting Thursday, April 4, 2013, in New Brunswick, N.J., one day after Rutgers basketball head coach Mike Rice was fired. Rice was fired Wednesday after a videotape aired showing Rice using gay slurs, shoving and grabbing his players and throwing balls at them in practice. Scarlet Knights AD Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the video in late November by a disgruntled former employee, and he suspended Rice for three games, fined him $50,000 and made him undergo anger management classes for inappropriate behavior after investigating it. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (The Associated Press)

A person familiar with the decision says Tim Pernetti is out as Rutgers athletic director.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement has not been made yet. The school will hold a press conference on campus at 1 p.m.

Pernetti dismissed basketball coach Mike Rice Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs. The scandal has now cost Pernetti his job some five months after he didn't fire Rice when the video first became available.

Instead, with the approval of university president Robert Barchi, Pernetti, after being given the video in late November by a former employee, suspended Rice for three games, fined him $75,000 and ordered him to attend anger management classes. But the video was broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, and prompted scores of sharp criticism nationwide.