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NCAA Infractions
NCAA Infractions
On August 6, 2019, the NCAA Committee on Infractions released its statement on violations by the University of Utah men’s basketball program. The two Level II violations are related to the recruitment of prospective student-athletes and a Level III violation involved the son of the head coach.
In April 2018, the coaches engaged in the off-campus recruitment of prospects during a time period when off-campus recruiting was not permitted. The coaches also coordinated a prospect’s unofficial visit to Utah with a local two-year college, which triggered an official visit and caused the institution to exceed the official visit limit for the year. Level II violations were charged for the impermissible recruiting activities. The Level III violation was the result of a prospect-aged son of a coach participating in a single summer team practice.
The coaches and institution identified and self-reported the off-campus recruiting infractions, then collaborated with the NCAA to finalize the investigation into the on-campus visit. Utah’s self-imposed penalties include: a $5,000 financial penalty; off-campus recruiting ban from July 11-15, 2018; reduction of in-person recruiting days from 130 to 113 for 2018-2019; three-week ban on unofficial visits and complimentary admissions in November 2018; reduced official visits for 2018-2019 by eight percent; additional institutional and NCAA rules education for coaching staff members; one-year ban on the recruitment of local two-year college prospects (2019-2020); letter of reprimand delivered to coaches; the responsible staff member was suspended from coaching and recruiting for one week in November 2018; and all off-campus recruiting activities must be pre-approved by compliance.
In addition to the aforementioned penalties, the NCAA applied a two-year probationary period and imposed public reprimand and censure. Utah is also required to disassociate with the former local two-year college coach for a period of one year.
Click here for NCAA public report.