A University of Louisville spokesperson informed Yahoo! Sports this morning that Louisville assistant football coach Clint Hurtt has received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA. Pat Forde of Yahoo! was the first to report this.
Yahoo! Sports conducted an 11-month investigation reporting that former Miami booster Nevin Shaprio, who is now incarcerated for his role in a $930 million Ponzi scheme, told Yahoo! Sports he provided thousands of impermissible benefits to at least 72 athletes from 2002 through 2010.
Clint Hurtt was the recruiting coordinator at Miami from 2007-2009. Shapiro claims that he established a very close relationship with Hurtt and he was the liaison that kept Shaprio involved with the recruits who were interested in Miami. Shaprio claims that Hurtt would bring prospects to Shaprio’s mansion while they were visiting the University of Miami. On these visits Shaprio would make the sales pitch to the recruits on why they should attend Miami.
Hurtt is expected to be charged with unethical conduct and failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance. Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports reported last month that the NCAA will also be charging Hurtt for violations that did not involve Nevin Shapiro.
This is something that I think most people know was going to happen eventually.
Per Eric Crawford, a University of Louisville spokesman says none of the allegations in the notice received by Hurtt or the University occurred while Hurtt was the coach at Louisville. Yahoo! is reporting that Hurtt intends on fighting these charges from the NCAA.
There have been a lot of folks asking what this means for Louisville and I don’t think we’ll know for sure until we know what type of action the NCAA takes. If Clint Hurtt is given a show cause penalty by the NCAA, I find it very hard to believe that he’ll be able to stay on the staff at Louisville.
February 20, 2013 at 12:30 pm
bullish@t… how can the NCAA illegally obtain information, then decide that they can’t go after Miami, and still come after hurtt?!? don’t understand this too much…
February 20, 2013 at 2:02 pm
Well espn is saying that the coaches we’re just informed of the allegation’s that are unsubstantiated and according to the universities president: “Many of the charges brought forth are based on the word of a man who made a fortune by lying,” Shalala wrote. “The NCAA enforcement staff acknowledged to the University that if Nevin Shapiro, a convicted con man, said something more than once, it considered the allegation ‘corroborated’ — an argument which is both ludicrous and counter to legal practice.” The university is the only one involved that I know who has been formally charged. (The notice of allegations was delivered to Miami on Tuesday, and the university is facing the charge that it had a “lack of institutional control” — one of the worst things the NCAA can levy against a member school.) So I’m assuming none of the coaches have been formally charged, just informed. With the NCAA screwing themselves up on this investigation, and Miami nor any of these coaches going to lay over n let the NCAA forget that and just take their punishment, I don’t foresee any major “holly shit” or outrageous punishment’s being handed down. But who knows the NCAA think they are gods .
February 20, 2013 at 4:09 pm
The NCAA is private club whose sole membership consists of member colleges. It is not some mysterious caball out to torment certain coaches and colleges. The member colleges set the rules and hire the NCAA staff to enforce them. If a member institutions doesen’t like the rules or enforcement it can vote or leave.
UofL, Miami, and all the other schools are this enenemy everyone loves to hate. When are people on message boards going to get this?
February 21, 2013 at 12:34 am
Lol the guy who replied to this comment^^ is funny! Vote or leave? Really? Hey when there is someone put into place to police the NCAA and turn them into a democracy instead of a dictatorship I’m sure those will be affective tools for institutions. Vote or leave, lol this guy was being serious with his comment too lol