Institution: University of Alabama

Date: April 14, 2017

Violation Summary: A former Alabama assistant football coach acted unethically when he provided false or misleading information about impermissible recruiting contacts. The university also committed Level III recruiting violations when a second former assistant football coach had impermissible off-campus contact with a recruit during an evaluation period and members of the football staff impermissibly allowed a prospect’s youth football coach to attend a recruiting visit at the prospect’s home.

Penalty Summary: The panel used the Division I membership-approved infractions penalty guidelines to prescribe the following measures: Public reprimand and censure for the university; A two-year show-cause period for the former assistant coach from April 14, 2017, through April 13, 2019. During that period, any NCAA member school employing the former coach in an athletics role, including his current school, must restrict him for all off-campus recruiting activities and require him to attend NCAA Regional Rules Seminars in 2017 and 2018; A withholding of the former assistant coach and his replacement from off-campus recruiting and telephone contact for 39 days, from April 22 through May 31, 2016 (self-imposed by the university); The former assistant coach involved in a Level III violation was prohibited from participating in any off-campus recruiting for 30 days from Sept. 25, 2015, through Oct. 25, 2015, and suspended from one game during the 2015 football season (self-imposed by the university); A disassociation of the booster (self-imposed by the university); and a $5,000 fine (self-imposed by the university).

Involved Sports:
Football

Case Level: I

Involved Penalties:

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