Why was Kelvin Sampson, former Hoosiers coach slapped with five years of potential penalties?”
Former Indiana basketball coach essentially is barred from coaching in college until 2013 taking part in more than 100 impermissible calls to recruits. he NCAA on Tuesday rejected an appeal from former Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, who was slapped with five years of potential penalties for taking part in more than 100 impermissible calls to recruits while coaching the Hoosiers. The NCAA said it upheld the violations found in the case, which prompted an overhaul at the program and led to Sampson’s departure after 1 1/2 years. An NCAA spokeswoman said Sampson has used his only appeal, and the case is closed. Sampson is essentially barred from coaching in college until 2013. Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith has been appointed chairman of the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for 2010-11, the NCAA announced. Smith will succeed UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, who will be chair for the upcoming season. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Senate to hold hearing on BCS The Senate plans
The NCAA is finished with the latest Kelvin Sampson saga. The NCAA on Tuesday rejected an appeal from the former Indiana basketball coach, who was slapped with five years of potential penalties for taking part in more than 100 impermissible calls to recruits while coaching the Hoosiers. The NCAA said its infractions committee upheld the violations found in the case, which prompted an overhaul at the storied program and led to Sampson’s departure after just 11/2 years. An NCAA spokeswoman said Sampson has used his only appeal, and the case is closed. Sampson, now an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, is essentially barred from coaching in college until 2013. The NCAA ruled that Sampson ignored signed compliance agreements with Indiana, ignored the recruiting restrictions he was already under from a similar case at Oklahoma and deliberately lied to infractions committee members. In his appeal, Sampson claimed the penalty was too harsh, the NCAA misinterpreted evidence and that the
The NCAA on Tuesday rejected an appeal from former Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, who was slapped with five years of potential penalties for taking part in more than 100 impermissible calls to recruits while coaching the Hoosiers. The NCAA said it upheld the violations found in the case, which prompted an overhaul at the program and led to Sampson’s departure after 1 1/2 years. An NCAA spokeswoman said Sampson has used his only appeal, and the case is closed. Sampson is essentially barred from coaching in college until 2013.
