Former UMass Lowell Men’s Head Soccer Coach Violated Ethical Conduct Rules

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A former UMass Lowell men's soccer head coach violated ethical conduct rules when he directed a student-athlete to pay him thousands of dollars from that student-athlete's scholarship funds, according to an agreement released by the Division I Committee on Infractions. The coach also provided impermissible benefits to three student-athletes, directed men's soccer student-athletes to exceed countable athletically related activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and tampered with a prospective transfer who later enrolled at and competed for UMass Lowell. Finally, the former head coach again violated ethical conduct and cooperation rules when he failed to cooperate with an NCAA investigation.

The school and enforcement staff agreed that the then men's soccer head coach violated ethical conduct rules in January 2021 when he directed a student-athlete to pay him $10,000 from his approximately $20,000 athletics scholarship, which the coach said he would redirect to other student-athletes on the team. The student-athlete ultimately paid the coach a total of $7,000 in four installments. Because the student-athlete did not engage in behavior that would allow the school to reduce his aid and was not notified in writing that his aid would be reduced or given an opportunity for a hearing regarding the reduction, the head coach's actions violated NCAA rules. 

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