TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) The NCAA has imposed a two-year show cause penalty against former Alabama assistant coach Bo Davis for recruiting violations but didn’t impose further penalties against the university.
Davis knowingly violated rules in a meeting with four prospects that was arranged by a booster and ”acted unethically” in providing false or misleading information about the impermissible contact, a Division I Committee on Infractions panel said in a ruling released Friday.
Davis denied the recruiting activity and booster’s involvement when asked both by the university and the NCAA enforcement staff. The misleading responses ”substantially exacerbated” the seriousness of the case, the NCAA said.
The NCAA issued a public reprimand and censure for Alabama, which had already self-imposed penalties. Alabama had self-imposed a $5,000 fine, disassociated the booster and suspended Davis from a 2015 game. His replacement, Karl Dunbar, was barred from off-campus recruiting or telephone contact with recruits from April 22 through May 31, 2016.
Alabama fired Davis in April 2016. The show cause extends through April 13, 2019.
Davis is currently the defensive line coach for Texas-San Antonio. Under the show cause ruling, he won’t be allowed to recruit off-campus for two years and must attend NCAA Regional Rules Seminars in 2017 and 2018.
Texas-San Antonio did not immediately have a comment on the ruling, according to a spokesman.
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said the university was ”pleased that the NCAA affirmed that our cooperative approach to this matter was timely and appropriate.”
”The university will continue to demonstrate a strong commitment to compliance, as reflected in our self-imposed actions taken in this case,” said Byrne, who took over in March.
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