as did rutgers athletic director tim pernetti. murdock felt vindicated. >> his removal was long overdue first step to stopping the mistreatment of rutgers student athletes. >> reporter: and coach rice's reputation was in ruins. >> the degree of public shame that was heaped on this man was intense and in some ways unprecedented. he went from being an anonymous division one basketball coach to being a sort of poster boy for everything that's wrong with competitive sports in america. >> i've let so many people down. my players, my administration, rutgers university, the fans. >> reporter: most difficult, going home, owning up to those kids, michael and katie, and his wife, kerry. how did you talk to your children about this, your son and daughter? >> we talked a lot about -- daddy made some mistakes. daddy's working on it. daddy's always working on getting better. what i'm most proud about, and this is a lesson he's also told my children, there's no blame here on anybody else. >> reporter: was it difficult to go home? >> i don't thin