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2010 J. NCAA Compliance 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/jncaac2010 and id is 1 raw text is: NCAA Upholds Penalties Imposed Against Former Indiana University's Men's Assistant Basketball Coach By Ana Landry In early 2008, Indiana University's men's basketball program was under investigation by the NCAAin regards to allegations that there had been major recruiting violations. Former head coach Kelvin Sampson was still under recruiting restrictions stemming from violations that occurred during his coaching tenure at Oklahoma when the investigation into similar violations at Indiana University began. The investigation revealed that Sampson and his assistant coaches participated in illegal conference calls to prospective student- athletes. In total, the NCAA found that Sampson and his assistant coaches had committed five major rule violations. One of the assistant coaches involved in the investigation and accused of committing rules violations was Rob Senderoff. Senderoff had a lot of experience coaching at the Division I level due to his numerous assistant coaching positions he held at a number of colleges. Before becoming an assistant coach at Indiana University, Senderoff spent four years as an assistant coach with Kent State University. In addition to his time at Kent State, Senderoff had also coached at four other Division I schools. In total, Senderoff had a combined fifteen years coaching experience at the Division I level. Indiana University hired Senderoff in May of 2006 as a men's assistant basketball coach. It was during his second year of coaching with Indiana University when the recruiting violation allegations were made against the men's basketball program. Senderoff was a major focus of the investigation. The investigation focused on the head coach, Kelvin Sampson, another assistant coach, Jeff Meyer, and Senderoff. The three coaches were accused of illegal phone contact with prospective student-athletes. Due to head coach Sampson's commission of previous recruiting violations at Oklahoma, his new head coaching job at Indiana University called for heightened scrutiny. Despite this, the NCAA's investigation into Indiana University's men's basketball program found that all three coaches had knowingly and intentionally committed major violations. Violations The NCAA Committee on Infractions released their report regarding the men's basketball program on November 25, 2008. The Committee found that Indiana University's men's basketball program had violated the following NCAA Bylaws: Bylaw 10.1 regarding unethical conduct; Bylaw 2.8.1 regarding

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