The South Carolina football program has been placed on probation for one year following a level II violation involving an assistant coach.
According to Yahoo! Sports:
The violation involved impermissible texts and in-person contact between the ex-assistant and the high school sophomore. Neither were named in NCAA documents.
South Carolina coach Will Muschamp said he is responsible for all facets of the program, including when things go wrong. ”I recognize that a violation occurred within my program and I have taken substantial corrective actions to ensure that similar instances do not continue to occur,” he said in a statement.
In the offseason, Muschamp let go of two assistants in defensive line coach Lance Thompson and tight ends coach Pat Washington. John Scott Jr. came over from Arkansas to coach the defensive line while assistant Bobby Bentley was shifted to take over tight ends and former Georgia tailback great Thomas Brown was hired to coach running backs.
The NCAA said South Carolina cooperated fully in the investigation.
According to the NCAA, the prospect took a legal unofficial visit to South Carolina in January 2018 for the program’s ”Junior Day” event. But after that, the former assistant sent him a text saying he was glad he and his mother came to the function, something not allowed ty the NCAA.
