The NCAA Committee on Infractions Has Spoken: Southern Methodist University (2015)

Originally published by Christian Dennie.

The NCAA Committee on Infractions (“Committee” or “Panel”) recently issued its findings and found that Southern Methodist University(“SMU” or “Institution”) committed violations of NCAA legislation. In this case, the former head men’s golf coach committed several violations relating to recruiting and unethical conduct that occurred due to his stated desire to increase the stature of the men’s golf program and his failure to seek guidance from the institution’s athletics compliance office. The former head men’s golf coach impermissibly contacted prospective student-athletes and provided impermissible inducements to them in the form of institutional golf apparel and equipment. In addition, he failed to take appropriate action upon learning that a representative of the institution’s athletics interests improperly communicated with prospective student-athletes on the institution’s behalf. When interviewed during the investigation, the former head men’s golf coach provided false information. The panel concludes that the unethical conduct violation was Level I and the recruiting violations were Level II. Collectively, the panel classifies the head coach’s violations as Level I – Aggravated.

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