Manhattan ? Jon Wefald, retiring president of Kansas State University, said he was troubled by an audit showing $845,000 in undocumented payments to current and former employees.

The Kansas State Board of Regents released the audit Friday, detailing conflicts of interest in the operation of a business incubator at the school and raising questions about how employees in the athletics department were paid.

It suggested that documents detailing newly rehired football coach Bill Snyder’s contract be “put through a financial as well as legal review to make sure that the Athletic Department is in compliance with all appropriate accounting and tax laws with regard to the payment of Mr. Snyder’s compensation.”

The audit showed 13 payments totaling $845,000 to Snyder, former athletic director Tim Weiser and Bob Krause, a former vice president for institutional advancement and former athletic director. The audit said those payments had no supporting documents.

Wefald said Friday that he was most troubled by the lack of documents for the $845,000.

“I think we should do everything we can to uncover that,” Wefald said.

Although the audit praised Wefald for increasing enrollment and raising the university’s academic profile, it also noted that he delegated many responsibilities to Krause, which led to a “blurring of the lines” between the many entities Krause oversaw.

Wefald also said he regretted giving Krause so much authority.

“He did do a lot of good,” Wefald said. “But Bob had too much to do. I probably delegated too much authority to him. I wouldn’t do that again.”

Krause could not be reached for comment Saturday. A phone listing in his name rang busy during several attempts. Messages were left at Weiser’s home, but were not immediately returned. Snyder also could not be reached for comment.

Wefald is scheduled to retire at the end of June after 23 years leading the university.

The regents have requested that Kansas State’s new president, Kirk Schulz, report in October on what corrective actions are being taken in response to the report. The board initially had refused to release the report, claiming an exemption to the state’s open-records law.