Tim Bream, Penn State's assistant athletics director for athletic training services, its head football trainer, and a former adviser to the now closed Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the school, is resigning at the end of February.

No reason was given for his planned departure. Onward State/Statecollege.com first reported the news.

Bream testified during the preliminary hearing related to criminal charges against Beta Theta Pi and some of its members resulting from the death of pledge Timothy Piazza in February 2017, which came a year after he became a live-in adviser for the fraternity.

From previous PennLive reporting:

While Bream was inside his room, Beta brothers put 14 pledges, including Timothy Piazza through a "gauntlet," where they quickly downed a series of alcoholic drinks after accepting bids to pledge at the fraternity. Piazza later suffered a series of falls and went without medical help for nearly 12 hours.

Prosecutors filed criminal charges against 18 Beta members in connection with the death of Piazza, 19.

"I in no way, shape or form would give permission to any type of alcohol abuse gauntlet or anything like that nor did I know about it," Bream said at the preliminary hearing.

He was not charged in the case.

"Tim Bream has notified us of his intention to resign his position, effective the end of this month," Penn State Athletics said in a statement.

"We appreciate Tim's contributions to Penn State Athletics and his commitment to the care of our student-athletes and their success. We wish Tim success in his future endeavors."

A Gettysburg native and Penn State graduate, Bream has spent time with the United States Olympic Committee, multiple colleges, and he spent 19 years with the NFL's Chicago Bears before coming back to his alma mater in February 2012.

Penn State did not announce plans for finding Bream's successor.