Photo: St. Bonaventure UniversityBY ALLIE ELKINS, SPORTS EDITORIn the aftermath of public outcry from the St. Bonaventure community surrounding the athletic department’s handling of a National Invitation Tournament bid, Joe Manhertz resigned as St. Bonaventure’s Director of Athletics, sources told The Bona Venture Friday night. When reached by phone, Joe Manhertz, now former Bonaventure director of athletics, hung up on The BV. A high-ranking university official did not deny that Manhertz is out as athletic director, sources told the BV Friday night. In his two and a half years as Bonaventure director of athletics, Manhertz has been publicly linked with two other director of athletics jobs at UNC Wilmington and Colgate, sources say. A decision on naming an interim athletics director will be made early next week, said Jeff Gingerich, Bonaventure’s president, Saturday morning.