Entrance to the University of Mississippi. Photo Credit: Katherine Welles/Shutterstock.com.

The University of Mississippi has announced that general counsel Lee Tyner, who has been with the school since 1998, has resigned to “pursue other opportunities,” just 10 days after the NCAA ruled against the university over football recruiting violations.

He's not the first GC at a university to leave his post in the wake of college athletics controversy.

Tyner's last day at Ole Miss, as it is affectionately called, will be Dec. 31, the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger newspaper reported Monday. The university said associate GC Perry Sansing will become interim general counsel at the start of 2018, while the school conducts a national search to fill the position.