The NCAA's investigation into improper recruiting communication at UTC involved four sports, primarily football and men's basketball. Here's a quick look at the infractions and penalties:
Football
Infraction: A now-former assistant coach, Jason McManus, was found to have sent 113 text messages and made six impermissible phone calls to recruits.
Penalty: McManus was suspended from recruiting for six months, and the suspension was made indefinite after more infractions were discovered. He resigned in February.
Men's basketball
Infraction: Coaches were found to have sent 23 text messages and placed 61 impermissible phone calls. In addition, coach John Shulman was found to have discussed the investigation, which was prohibited, three times.
Penalty: UTC took away one scholarship for the 2010-11 academic year and barred coaches from recruiting for 17 weeks.
Men's tennis
Infraction: Coach Carlos Garcia self-reported making three impermissible phone calls and sending one text message.
Penalty: Restricted recruiting contact, which was completed before the NCAA investigation.
Women's basketball
Infraction: Coach Wes Moore made an impermissible call to the father of a potential transfer even though UTC had not yet received written permission from the player's previous institution.
Penalty: Restricted recruiting contact for four weeks.
Athletic department
Infraction: Because of the large volume of infractions, and an insufficient call-monitoring system, the athletic department was said to have "failed to monitor coaches' communications with prospective student-athletes."
Penalty: The entire department was put on probation for two years. It also received public reprimand and censure by the NCAA and must follow other NCAA directives throughout the probationary period.
Timeline
2009
January 26 - The institution submitted a self-report to the enforcement staff regarding assistant football coach A sending impermissible text messages and placing impermissible telephone calls to prospective student-athletes in November and December 2008. The institution later submitted a request for reinstatement for those prospective student-athletes who were expected to enroll at the institution.
May 11 - The enforcement staff requested that the institution review text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes by football coaching staff members between November 2004 and May 2009 to ensure compliance with NCAA Bylaws 13.1.3 and 13.4.1.2 and report those findings by June 22, 2009. The enforcement staff later agreed with the institution to limit the review to the time period of November 2006 through May 2009 due to the lack of telephone records available to the institution. Additionally, the enforcement staff granted the institution an extension to report its findings by June 29, 2009.
July 1 - The institution reported the findings of its football program audit, which included additional impermissible text-message and impermissible telephone contact violations by assistant football coach A.
July 29 - The enforcement staff began conducting on-campus interviews in a cooperative inquiry with the institution. During these interviews, the enforcement staff became aware that it was possible the institution had not been adequately monitoring text-message and telephone contact with prospective student-athletes. Therefore, the enforcement staff requested that the institution review text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes in the sports of men's and women's basketball between Aug. 1, 2007, and May 9, 2009, and report those findings by Sept. 18, 2009. Additionally, the enforcement staff began an independent review of telephone records of former football coaching staff members who were no longer employed at the institution but were employed at other NCAA member institutions. The enforcement staff identified a few impermissible telephone contact violations by one former assistant football coach.
August 1 - At the enforcement staffs request, the institution notified the men's and women's basketball staff members that they should not speak with anyone regarding matters pertaining to the inquiry.
August 5 - The enforcement staff provided the institution a notice of inquiry letter.
August 7 - The Southern Conference provided the enforcement staff information regarding secondary violations previously reported by the institution, including text-message and telephone contact violations occurring in the men's tennis program in July 2008. The institution previously self-reported these as Level ll secondary violations to the conference office Jan. 26, 2009.
August 8 - After the institution notified its men's and women's basketball staff members that it would be conducting an audit of telephone records, the head men's basketball coach, reported to the institution that he and his staff previously sent impermissible text messages to prospective student-athletes. The institution later submitted a request for reinstatement for two enrolled men's basketball student-athletes who had received impermissible text messages and impermissible telephone calls.
October 8 - The enforcement staff approved a request by the institution to extend the due date of the men's and women's basketball audit to Oct. 31, 2009. During this audit, the institution discovered text-message and telephone contact violations in the men's basketball program and notified the head men's basketball coach. The head men's basketball coach proceeded to discuss some of the violations with the involved director of basketball operations and an involved student-athlete even though he Was previously instructed to refrain from speaking with anyone regarding matters pertaining to the inquiry.
October 30 - The institution submitted its findings of the men's and women's basketball audit and identified several text-message and telephone contact violations Within the men's basketball program and one telephone contact violation in the women's basketball program. Due to the additional text~message violations, the enforcement staff requested that the institution conduct an audit of its remaining sports programs to determine if additional violations pertaining to text messages occurred. The enforcement staff requested that the institution report its findings by Jan. 15, 2010.
2010
January 13 - The enforcement staff approved the institution's extension request pertaining to the text-message audit and altered the response date to February 12, 2010.
February 8 - The institution submitted its findings of the text-message audit and indicated that no additional violations were found.
February 9 - The enforcement staff provided the institution a six-month letter.
February 15-16 - The enforcement staff conducted additional on-campus interviews pertaining to the men's basketball violations and expected those to be the final on-campus interviews. Also, the enforcement staff and institution discussed the institution's desire to use the summary disposition process.
February 19 - The enforcement staff reviewed the institution's men's basketball audit findings and telephone records and discovered multiple text-message and telephone violations the institution failed to previously identify.
March 17 - The enforcement staff conducted additional on-campus interviews pertaining to the recently discovered men's basketball violations.
March 22 - The enforcement staff began the summary disposition process and provided the institution proposed findings. The institution reviewed the proposed findings with each of the involved individuals and later notified the enforcement staff that all parties were in agreement with the findings.
May 20 - The enforcement staff, institution and involved individuals jointly submitted the summary disposition report to the NCAA Division I Committee on Infifactions.
June 12 - The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions reviewed the institution's summary disposition report.
September 23 - Infractions Report No. 330 was released.