The women’s basketball coach at Sewanee, otherwise known as the University of the South, placed more than $93,000 in bets on college and professional sports over a 26-month period, including 407 wagers on college sports totaling $28,000.
He also placed 20 collegiate women’s basketball games, though none of these included his own team.
Results of the report
An NCAA Division III Committee On Infractions handed down a one-year probation, a $1,500 fine, and a two-year show-cause order for the former head coach. Sewanee will also now require in-person attendance by a member of the athletics department staff at the 2024 and 2025 NCAA Regional Rules Seminars.
The coach, who was not identified in the NCAA’s report, knowingly broke NCAA rules since the school had educated coaches about the rules around sports betting. As a result of his direct involvement in the violations, the coach also violated head coaching responsibility rules.
“Given the prevalence of sports wagering activities on college campuses, it is arguably even more important that those closest to student-athletes refrain from such behaviors to protect student-athletes,” the committee said in its decision.
The likely culprit
The Tennessee Sports Wagering Advisory Council originally informed Sewanee about wagering activity by the coach in March 2023.
While the coach was not specifically named in the report, Brody Curry had stepped down as Sewanee’s women’s coach on July 13 to coach the girls’ basketball team at the Webb School in Bell Buckle. Curry had previously served as an assistant coach for the men’s team from 2020-22.
Neither the school nor the coach may appeal the decision since both parties accepted the penalties through the cooperative summary disposition process.
Setting the tone
The NCAA is making a concerted effort to police potential sports betting violations. Former Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was recently disciplined with a 15-year show-cause penalty, a 3-year probation, and a $5,000 fine for passing inside information to a known bettor. If Bohannon were to work in college baseball again, he would be suspended for five regular seasons and the school that hires him would face potential NCAA penalties.
If you feel there has been a recent surge in sports betting-related controversies in college sports and otherwise, you are not wrong. There have also been major probes for illegal wagering activity by student-athletes at LSU, Iowa, and Iowa State.
Covers has since created an Integrity Monitor, outlining the latest incidents by athletes betting on sports.
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