Youngstown State Soccer Cited for Academic Violations

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A former Youngstown State women's soccer head coach violated academic integrity rules when he arranged for false transcripts for three women's soccer prospects, according to a decision released by a Division I Committee on Infractions panel. The coach also arranged impermissible recruiting inducements for one of those prospects. As a result, the coach failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance, and — following his separation from the school — violated ethical conduct rules when he did not fully meet his obligation to participate in an NCAA investigation.

The violations occurred when the former women's soccer head coach recruited three prospects from his home country. To ensure the prospects were immediately eligible to receive scholarships and compete for the women's soccer team, he classified the prospects as four-year transfer student-athletes from a university in his home country — which none had attended — and arranged for false transcripts for all three from that university. The coach denied involvement in procuring those transcripts.

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