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Former Arizona State football associate head coach Antonio Pierce won’t be coaching in the college ranks anytime soon — at least, not without a caveat.
Pierce, the current head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, was handed an eight-year show cause penalty by the NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions panel on Thursday for his role in impermissible recruiting activities during the COVID-19 dead period.
Pierce, along with former non-coaching staff member Anthony Garnett, was deemed to have participated in recruiting inducements to prospects and families, violating the NCAA’s ethical conduct, the organization announced. If Pierce is to return to the college coaching ranks during his show cause, he would have to serve a one-year suspension for the first year of his tenure.
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The NCAA noted the majority of Pierce’s violations came in 2020 when he, other members of the Sun Devils’ staff and a university booster arranged unofficial visits to the program for roughly a year during the dead period. The NCAA said the visits occurred over 15 weekends and included facility tours, entertainment and tryouts with 35 recruits and their families.
Pierce also arranged or personally provided meals, merchandise and airfare for 27 prospects, “often in collaboration with the school booster,” according to the NCAA. He also brought a recruit’s parents to a gentlemen’s club.
The NCAA’s release also said Pierce didn’t cooperate with the investigation to its standard.
“After separating from Arizona State, Pierce failed on multiple occasions to meet his responsibility to cooperate,” the release stated. “Although he participated in an interview with enforcement staff and acknowledged some facts surrounding the unofficial visits, he…
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Publish date : 2024-10-03 19:46:56
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