Institution: University of South Carolina, Columbia

Date: December 20, 2017

Violation Summary: The assistant coaches conducted impermissible tryouts and had impermissible recruiting contacts with prospects at a high school.

Penalty Summary: •No recruitment of any of the prospects involved in the violations (self-imposed by the university). •Reduction of fall evaluation days by four, from 42 to 38, during the fall 2017 evaluation period (self-imposed by the university). •No engagement in off-campus recruiting activities at the involved high school from Sept. 1, 2017, to Aug. 31, 2018 (self-imposed by the university). •Suspension of each involved assistant coach from off-campus recruiting activities for 42 days during the fall 2017 evaluation period (self-imposed by the university).

Involved Sports:
Football

Case Level: II

Involved Penalties:

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