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Goodyear Desert Edge’s football and boys track and field programs have been placed on probation by the Arizona Interscholastic Association for the 2024-25 school year.
This AIA Executive Board decision came Monday after a lengthy executive session, despite last week Desert Edge suspending co-head football coach and head boys track and field coach Mark Carter for the next school year as corrective action to a recruiting violation ahead of the Monday monthly board meeting.
The school can appeal the probation, which bans the program from competing in the postseason. But usually, the AIA Executive Board wants to see more corrective steps. In 2022, Chandler Hamilton’s football team was placed on probation by the AIA board for a recruiting violation, even after Hamilton said it was suspending defensive coordinator Tim Dougherty for three games.
Once Hamilton severed coaching ties completely with Dougherty, the AIA lifted probation status on Hamilton.
According to the Desert Edge football recruiting violation report, the coach responded to a parent on social media seeking information for his son looking to transfer.
“The coach responded directly to the parent which could be perceived as suggesting Desert Edge as a possible destination,” the report says. “Additional comments to the parent from the coach could be viewed as influencing.”
“No school administrator, athletic coach or employee of a high school district shall engage in recruitment either by direct contact with a student or indirectly through parents, legal guardians, common school employees, directors of summer athletic programs or other persons who are in a position to influence the student’s choice of a school.”
It was determined that Carter’s response violated the AIA recruitment rule.
Because more than 70% of the boys’ track and field team includes football players,…
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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Publish date : 2024-04-15 21:04:25
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