Wofford hoops gets probation in overwork case

Aug 23, 2024, 02:03 PM ET

SPARTANBURG, S.C.– The NCAA has actually put Wofford’s males’s basketball on probation for a year after discovering it failed to keep track of the program when previous coach Jay McAuley frequently made players take part in team activities on days off.Wofford, McAuley

and the NCAA reached a worked out settlement, the information of which were released Friday.McAuley, who resigned throughout the 2022-23 season, agreed to a two-year show-cause order. McAuley is currently a high school coach in Georgia. Must he return to the college ranks while the order is in effect, the school would need to suspend him for 15 games in his very first season.The NCAA likewise fined Wofford $5,000. Wofford’s president, Nayef H. Samhat, got a letter from players in December 2022 saying they would no longer play for McAuley, who frequently required film study, walk-throughs and individual exercises beyond the NCAA’s 20-hour-a-week limit.Wofford’s investigation revealed McAuley required players to put in work on days the program informed the school’s compliance office were day of rests.”Wofford College totally cooperated with the NCAA to reach the general public negotiated resolution and appreciates the outcome,”the school said in a statement.The NCAA discovered McAuley devoted the infractions”most weeks during the championship section of the playing season”in 2021-22 and 2022-23 till he was placed on leave by the school on Dec. 5, 2022. He resigned later that month in the middle of his third season at Wofford.The NCAA said after one loss in November 2022, McAuley had the team review video of the next opponent, breaking guidelines versus such actions after games. He had one player consult with him past midnight, likewise in offense of NCAA rules.The NCAA said Wofford, a school of fewer than 2,000 trainees, did not have” adequate compliance tracking systems to hinder and identify “the violations.The NCAA shortened Wofford’s countable preseason practice days for the

upcoming season from 30 to 25 and its weekly countable hours for team-related activities from 20 to 18. Coach Dwight Perry, a former McAuley assistant, will start his second complete season this fall.