NCAA Penalizes Former U. of Tennessee Men’s Basketball Coach

August 24, 2011, 3:00 pm

The NCAA has placed the University of Tennessee on a two-year probation and penalized Bruce Pearl, its former head men’s basketball coach, for its “failure to monitor” the men’s basketball program. The Division I Committee on Infractions found that Mr. Pearl ran afoul of the NCAA’s recruiting rules and provided “false and misleading information” during the association’s subsequent investigation. The committee accepted the university’s 20 self-imposed penalties and levied a “show cause” order on the coach, barring him from engaging in any recruiting at any NCAA institution for three years.

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Probation for basketball only? Or for all sports?
old nassau’67

1. (From espn.com): (March 22, 2011) “Tennessee has agreed to pay Pearl $948,728 worth of salary and benefits as part of his dismissal agreement.” Well, well: that $$ is about a thousand dollars a day for the next three years. And he can work for any NCAA (or Pro) team.
2. “Show cause”: means any school that hires him can appeal (“show cause”) to have the “no recruiting” eased or lifted altogether.
3. None of the victories in Tennessee’s six Pearl-led NCAA playoff seasons must be vacated; none of the millions the jump in attendance or the playoffs generated for Tennessee has to be surrendered.
4. Conclusion: Crime, aka Infraction, does pay.
willynilly

Sounds very close to being a death sentence for Mr. Pearl as far as securing a head coaching position in the next three years. Since I don’t know his current age, I can’t assess whether tacking on three more years will seriously diminish his chances of getting a job in the future. The profile of many of the recently hired Division I head coaches has been young such as candidates in their 30′s-40′s.
haohtt

Collegiate athletic recruiting should be governed by the same standards as admissions recruiting, with regard to salaries and bonuses paid to recruiters.
situbusit

Contrast with Pat Summitt.
bigjoe

It is about time that the cheating coach was penalized and not just the school. Due to the violations, it is just a shame that UT paid him a dime to end the contract. Too many times the coach cheats and just moves to another school just before the sh?? hits the fan.
yellow1

Amen! And as much hype or spark Pearl may have provided UT’s men’s bball, it is nothing next to what she has done there.
manoflamancha

This is a tradition we can no longer afford. Shut em all down! It will only get worse, and more expensive if we don’t.