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2009 J. NCAA Compliance 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/jncaac2009 and id is 1 raw text is: NCAA Places Coastal Carolina on Probation By Louis Stefanos On October 17, 2008, officials from Coastal CarolinaUniversity appeared before the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions with the task of addressing allegations against the university. The case concerned impermissible financial aid violations involving the former women's head golf coach of seven years, Brian Ashley, and two student-athletes. Accompanying the penalty was a finding of unethical conduct against Ashley due to the nature of his violations and his refusal to cooperate with the investigation. On December 17, 2008, the Coastal Carolina's women's golf program was penalized by the Committee for major violations of the NCAA Division I bylaws. BACKGROUND ON ASHLEY AND COASTAL CAROLINA Coastal Carolina is a member of the Big South Conference and has an enrollment of approximately 8,000 students. Coastal Carolina sponsors seventeen intercollegiate sports which include eight men's sports and nine women's sports. Coastal Carolina had only been a party to a major infractions case once before in 1994, wherein the men's basketball program was penalized. Brian Ashley led Coastal Carolina to the Big South Conference Championship during the 2004-2005 academic year. The 2004-2005 year was the program's very first appearance in the NCAApostseason tournament. Before arriving to Coastal Carolina, Ashley served as the head men and women's golf coach at Gardner-Webb University during the 1999-2000 academic year. Ashley led the women's golf team to a national ranking of 7th in NCAA Division II rankings. VIOLATIONS The Committee's report found that during the 2007-2008 academic year, Ashley, who resigned from Coastal Carolina in December 2007, provided improper financial aid to two student-athletes on the women's golf team. The initial violation found was that Ashley provided a freshman student-athlete (SAl) with $500.00 in cash with the intention to cover university board expenses from the middle of August through October 2007. Further, in October of 2007, Ashley provided $ 100 in cash to a graduate assistant within instructions to pay a student-athlete's (SA2) outstanding account balance for the fall 2007 semester. During the recruiting process in 2006 and 2007, Ashley made an oral promise to SAl and her parents that she would receive a full scholarship, including room and board. A full scholarship at the NCAA Division I level includes tuition, fees, room,

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