Institution: Florida Gulf Coast University

Date: April 25, 2025

Violation Summary: Pursuant to Bylaw 19.10.6, this negotiated resolution has no precedential value. Violations occurred at Florida Gulf Coast when former men’s tennis head coach Davidson Kozlowski and his staff conducted impermissible tryouts with prospects and provided impermissible benefits and recruiting inducements. The violations occurred from July 2023 through May 2024. Separate from the men’s tennis violations, the school and enforcement staff agree that beginning in the 2022-23 academic year and continuing through the spring of 2024, Florida Gulf Coast improperly certified 18 student-athletes in 10 sports, resulting in 18 violations of initial eligibility, amateurism, seasons of competition and/or transfer eligibility legislation. Those student-athletes then received expenses from and/or competed for the school when they were ineligible or not certified.

Penalty Summary: Two years of probation; reduction of unofficial visits, recruiting communications and off-campus recruiting in January 2025; a $25,000 fine; vacation of team and individual records over the course of the 11 months in which the ineligible players competed; and a one-year show-cause order that includes a 30% suspension from regular-season contests for Kozlowski.

Involved Sports:
Men's Tennis

Case Level: II

Involved Penalties:

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