Because of a terrible miscommunication, Alabama’s head coach is out of luck if his assistant is not fired.
A Division I Committee on Infractions panel found that a former assistant football coach for Alabama committed unethical behavior when he disseminated inaccurate or misleading information regarding prohibited recruiting interactions.
Level III recruiting violations were also committed by the university when members of the football staff improperly permitted a prospect’s youth football coach to attend a recruiting visit at the prospect’s home and when a second former assistant football coach had improper off-campus contact with a recruit during an evaluation period.
This matter was settled using the summary disposition procedure, which is a collaborative endeavor in which all parties concerned present the case in writing to the Committee on Infractions. The facts and general case status must be approved by the NCAA enforcement staff, the university, and the other parties in order to be used.
When the former assistant coach attended an illegal meeting set up by a booster at their high school with four prospects, he knowingly broke recruiting laws. Later, the booster went alone and set up another illegal meeting with three of the prospects.
Due to the booster’s ability to recruit prospects before the completion of their junior year of high school, the activity took place outside of NCAA regulations, giving the university a recruiting advantage. The institution and the NCAA enforcement staff questioned the former assistant coach about his recruitment practices, and he denied both the booster’s involvement and the recruiting activity. His claims were wholly untrue, based on evidence from the high school football coach and two of the prospects.
