University of Louisville Receives IARP Decision
November 03, 2022 | General, Men's Basketball
The University of Louisville on Thursday received its decision from the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP) in regard to its case involving the men's basketball program.
Additional information regarding the IARP ruling can be found at Louisville.edu/ncaa.
Core Penalties:
University of Louisville
Decision did not include a postseason ban or scholarship reduction.
• A $5,000 fine (the lowest financial penalty permitted by Bylaw 19.9.5.2 for a Level I-Mitigated case)
• Two-week ban on unofficial visits during the 2022-23 academic year.
• Additional two-week ban on recruiting communication (telephone and written correspondence) during the 2022-23 academic year.
• Seven-day reduction in the number of recruiting person days for the 2022-23 academic year.
• Two years of probation, from November 3, 2022, to November 2, 2024 (lowest penalty permitted for a Level I-Mitigated case). During this probation period, Louisville will:
    o Continue to develop and implement a comprehensive educational program on NCAA legislation designed to instruct coaches, faculty athletics representatives, all athletics department personnel, and all institutional members with recruiting responsibility.
    o Submit a preliminary compliance report to the Office of the Committees on Infractions by January 31, 2023, setting forth a schedule for establishing this compliance and educational program.
    o File with the Office of the Committees on Infractions a final compliance report on progress made in establishing this compliance and educational program by October 31, 2023.
    o Inform all men's basketball prospective student-athletes in writing that the university is on probation for two years.
    o Publicize information concerning the nature of the infractions and a direct link to the public infractions report.
    o Following delivery of the final compliance report to the Office of the Committees on Infractions and prior to the conclusion of probation,Â
Louisville's president shall provide a letter to the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions affirming Louisville's current athletics policies and practices conform to all requirements of NCAA regulations.
Former Assistant Coach No. 1
• A two-year show-cause order
Former Associate Head Coach
• A two-year show-cause order precluding his attendance and evaluation at any of the permissible live activity events in the spring and summer evaluation periods during the show-cause order period.
Additional Penalties:
• Public reprimand and censure.
• Probation will be publicized by the NCAA on its website, in appropriate publications, and in NCAA championship game programs of the involved sports.
• Graduate assistant managers and other noncoaching staff members are restricted from participation in any on-court practice activities for 10 Louisville men's basketball practices during the 2022-23 playing and practice season.
• Louisville's men's basketball program is restricted from showing personalized recruiting videos to prospective student-athletes during the remainder of the 2022-23 recruiting calendar.
Violations
The Independent Resolution Panel determined that this case involves Level I and Level III violations of NCAA legislation.Â
The Independent Resolution Panel concluded that the following Level I violations occurred:
1. Former assistant coach No. 1 was knowingly involved in the arrangement to provide an impermissible cash inducement to prospective student-athlete No. 2 and his family via the trainer for prospective student-athlete No. 2 with the intent to influence prospective student-athlete No. 2's enrollment at Louisville.
2. The Louisville former associate head coach furnished false and misleading information to the enforcement staff regarding his in-person off-campus recruiting contact with prospective student-athlete No. 1 during an evaluation period at an NCAA certified event in Las Vegas.
The Independent Resolution Panel concluded that the following Level III violations occurred:
1. The Louisville former associate head coach had impermissible in-person, off-campus recruiting contact with prospective student-athlete No. 1 at an NCAA certified event.
2. The Louisville former associate head coach and/or the former assistant coach No. 1 provided impermissible transportation to the business manager accompanying men's basketball prospective student-athlete No. 1 on his unofficial visit, and to the trainer for prospective student-athlete No. 2 accompanying men's basketball prospective student-athlete No. 2 on his unofficial visit.
3. Graduate assistants and/or managers of Louisville's men's basketball staff actively and consistently participated in impermissible on-court activities with current men's basketball student-athletes during the 2018-19 through 2020-21 seasons.
4. The former director of player development participated in impermissible on-court activities with current men's basketball student-athletes during the 2020-21 season.
5. Members of Louisville's men's basketball staff provided impermissible recruiting materials when they produced and showed personalized recruiting videos to men's basketball prospective student-athletes.
