The Opelika-Auburn News quoted Olive Tuberville as saying her son told her he was dismissed by Auburn.
Last week, athletic director Jay Jacobs said Tuberville's departure was completely the coach's decision, and that he and university president Jay Gogue asked Tuberville to remain.
Auburn spokeswoman Deedie Dowdle said the university stands by Jacobs' statement that Tuberville resigned.
Illinois offensive coordinator Mike Locksley was hired as New Mexico's football coach.
Locksley became the fourth African American coach among the 119 coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Turner Gill is in his third season at Buffalo, Randy Shannon is in his second season at Miami, and Kevin Sumlin is in his first season at Houston.
Eastern Michigan men's basketball coach Charles Ramsey was suspended for three days for what the school called a "postgame altercation" with a fan last month.
School spokesman Jim Streeter said the dispute involved Ramsey and a fan after a game at the University of Detroit on Nov. 22, but declined to say if physical contact was involved. He did not give further details.
Elsewhere: Mike Groh, the son of head coach Al Groh, was among three Virginia assistant coaches who resigned after an annual review, his father said. . . . Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer will be a special assistant to university president John Petersen for three months, earning $12,500 a month.
Golf
Harrison Frazar closed with a 5-under 67 at the PGA Tour qualifying tournament in La Quinta, Calif., to lead 28 players who earned their tour cards for next season.
Notah Begay, a four-time PGA Tour winner, also qualified.
Elsewhere: Paul Azinger will not return as U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup. The PGA of America will announce the new captain Thursday.
Noteworthy
Sancho Lytle was the first player chosen in the WNBA's dispersal draft of Houston Comets players going to the last-place Atlanta Dream.
The Washington Mystics chose Matee Ajavon with the second pick and the Chicago Sky took Mistie Williams with the third selection.
Tim Tetrick, harness racing's leading money-winning driver this year, had replacement surgery on his right hip at Philadelphia's Rothman Institute at Jefferson University Hospital.
Elsewhere: D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno underwent surgery for a sports hernia but is expected to recover by next season. . . . Anthony Maher, who scored eight points for the Kixx in an 18-7 win over the Massachusetts Twisters, was named the NISL player of the week.
