[2] While in college, Kroenke found himself involved in a scandal which led to the resignation of Larry Eustachy, the coach of the Iowa State basketball team.
[9] Photos of Eustachy drinking with college students at the party later surfaced[10] and led to his resignation[11] from his position at Iowa State.
[2][6][7][12] In 2013, he was appointed by his father, the majority shareholder, to the board of English football club Arsenal as a non-executive director.
[13] As directors of Arsenal, the Kroenkes have garnered significant antipathy from supporters, who feel that they have no ambition and are merely using the club for their own profit at the expense of the team's competitiveness.
Arsenal and the other five English clubs involved backed out within days after a strong backlash.