A Cornell University staffer has been implicated in a scandal rocking the University of North Carolina’s athletics department.

Cynthia Reynolds served as UNC’s director of football from 2002 to 2010.

According to CNN, an independent report found that she refused to cooperate in an investigation that found thousands of students, many of which were student-athletes, were directed to take “paper” classes in order to maintain eligibility.

Reynolds is currently serving as an academic programs coordinator at Cornell within Applied Engineering & Physics.

In a statement released Thursday, Cornell Vice President Joel Malina said the following:

“Whatever information Ms. Reynolds may have pertinent to this inquiry relates to her prior employment at the University of North Carolina and does not pertain to her position at Cornell. As such, this is a matter between Ms. Reynolds and the University of North Carolina.  Although Cornell offered Ms. Reynolds paid release time to speak with Mr. Wainstein if she chose to do so, this was her decision to make.”

Malina goes on to say that “Cornell has had no involvement — previously or currently — in the matter, and, as such, has no additional comment.”