Tennessee football smacked with 18 recruiting offences including nail salon visits
According to an NCAA notice of accusations acquired by the Knoxville News-Sentinel, former
Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt, his wife, and other members of his staff provided over two dozen recruits with unlawful amenities and gifts totaling roughly $60,000, according to a notice of allegations obtained by the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
The dossier details 18 alleged recruitment breaches perpetrated by Pruitt and his team between 2018 and 2020. All of the complaints were classified as Level I, the most serious level on the NCAA’s four-level infractions scale.
According to Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger, the most egregious offences occurred during nine unofficial weekend visits during the 2020 coronavirus dead recruiting period, during which six prospects and their families were given $12,000 in meals, transportation, lodging, household goods and furniture.
Pruitt has also been charged.
In addition to Pruitt and his wife, recruiting offences were alleged by assistant coaches Derrick Ansley, Shelton Felton, and Brian Niedermeyer, as well as recruiting staff members Drew Hughes, Bethany Gunn, and Chantryce Boone.
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The oddest complaint came against Pruitt’s coaching staff, who spent $225 for multiple candidates’ family members to have their nails done at a salon. Tennessee coaches were also accused of giving visiting players $500 in university gear in a parking garage, as well as taking prospects and their families on field trips.
The oddest complaint came against Pruitt’s coaching staff, who spent $225 for multiple candidates’ family members to have their nails done at a salon. Tennessee coaches were also accused of giving visiting players $500 in university gear in a parking garage, as well as taking prospects and their
families on a fishing excursion.After an internal investigation, Tennessee fired Pruitt in January 2021. Other members of the staff who were determined to have committed infractions were either fired or left on their own.
Despite the obvious gravity of these allegations, Tennessee was not found to have a “lack of institutional control” by the NCAA, owing in large part to university leaders’ professional and honest handling of the situation.
