Sun Devil Compliance
V O L U M E 6 - I S S U E 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 16
Inside This
Issue
In the News
Siblings on Official Visits
Prospects in the Area
Recruiting Calendars
Volunteer Coaches
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Compliance
Staff
Steve Webb
Executive Director
(480) 965-5138
Like countable coaches, volunteer coaches may provide technical and tactical instruction to
student-athletes and may make and assist in making tactical decisions relating to their sport. But
NCAA legislation limits what volunteer coaches may receive and how they interact with prospects.
B E N E F ITS
• SDA may provide the following to volunteer coaches:
— — Two complimentary tickets to contests in their sports.
— — Meals incidental to team activities and during prospects’ official visits.
— — Compensation for working ASU camps or clinics.
— — SDA apparel incidental to coaching duties.
— — Reimbursement for parking associated with practice or competition.
• SDA may not provide any benefit not listed above. For example, volunteer coaches may not receive:
— — Any compensation beyond camps/clinics.
— — A cell phone or computer.
— — Complimentary tickets to other SDA contests.
Brad Chandler
Director
(480) 965-5943
Justin Pollnow
Director
(480) 965-5755
Peter Turney
Assistant Director
(480) 965-9748
Ryan Albregts
Coordinator
(480) 965-0116
RECRUITING
• Volunteer coaches may:
— — Receive phone calls from prospects.
— — Email prospects after the permissible date (see Recruiting 101).
— — Work for local sports clubs (but only if approved by the Compliance Office).
• Volunteer coaches may not:
— — Contact or evaluate prospects off campus.
— — Make phone calls to prospects or their parents, legal guardians, or coaches (except relating
to camp/clinic logistics).
— — Be involved with any prospect-aged team (other than an approved local sports club).
— — Provide lessons to prospects (except in women’s golf).
In addition to the restrictions above, volunteer coaches may not scout opponents off campus.
Note: Football and basketball may not use volunteer coaches.
Katie Koone
Coordinator
(480) 727-8533
Susanna Tamol
Coordinator
(480) 965-5722
Erika Torrez
Coordinator
(480) 727-3442
Spot the Violation
The University of Argon men’s fencing team uses one volunteer coach during the academic year.
During the winter break, the volunteer coach wanted to earn extra spending money for Christmas
presents, so he gave private lessons to high school students. A few months after the lessons, the
volunteer coach was curious how the prospects were progressing, so he attended a local fencing
competition to watch them.
Violations on page 2.
The volunteer coach violated NCAA recruiting and tryout legislation
when he gave prospects private lessons. Further, by attending the
off-campus fencing match, the volunteer coach engaged in prohibited
recruiting activities. Only countable coaches may recruit off campus.
And the
answer is...
In the News
U N I V E R S I T Y O F H AWA I I
The University of Hawaii was recently penalized for committing Level II and III violations in men’s basketball. Specifically,
a former director of basketball operations engaged in coaching activities (scouting and instruction), a booster provided an
extra benefit to a student-athlete (use of a car), the former head coach failed to report possible violations and provided false
information during the investigation, and a former assistant coach falsified admissions paperwork for a student-athlete and
provided an extra benefit to another.
K E Y TA K E A W AY S :
1. If noncoaching staff members provide technical or tactical instruction to student-athletes (e.g., correcting coaches during
film review) or make or assist in making tactical decisions during practice or competition (e.g., calling plays during practice),
they become countable coaches, thereby causing their sports to exceed coaching limitations.
2. Coaches who fail to report potential violations are responsible for those violations and cannot rebut the presumption of
head coach responsibility even if they were not aware of the violations before or at the time they occurred.
3. NCAA legislation lists examples of unethical conduct (e.g., arranging fraudulent academic credit), but the list is not
exhaustive. Any dishonest conduct (e.g., falsifying documents) may be a violation of NCAA unethical conduct legislation.
Siblings on Official Visits
NCAA legislation limits the expenses SDA may provide prospects and their families during official visits. The following chart
summarizes these expenses for siblings of prospects.
Any sibling
(Not recruited by ASU)
Prospect-aged sibling
(Recruited by ASU)
Yes, but only if in a vehicle driven by an
SDA staff member.
Transportation between campus and
Phoenix Sky Harbor
Yes, but only if there are no costs associated with the extra passengers.
Transportation
around campus
Yes, but only if in a vehicle driven by an
SDA staff member.
Yes, but only if in a vehicle driven by an
SDA staff member.
Football: Yes
All other sports: No
Football: Yes, but only if no recruitment
during the meal occurs.
All other sports: No
Lodging
Yes, but only if there is no cost for additional occupants.
No
Entertainment
No
No
Meals
A car service (e.g., taxi, Uber) may not be
used.
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This month
in Sun Devil
Athletics
History
Men’s Basketball (2000): Eddie House ties the Pac-10 record with 61 points
at Cal in a 111-108 double-overtime thriller.
Prospects Traveling to and competing in the area
GENERAL
RULE
In-person contact (including during an unofficial visit) may not be made with a prospect from the
moment the prospect reports on call until he or she is released by the “appropriate institutional
authority” (e.g., coach), except during an off day in a tournament.
BASKETBALL
An SDA basketball coach cannot have contact with a prospect during the entire day of competition (before or after).
FOOTBALL
When a football prospect participates in an athletics event on campus outside a contact period, an
SDA coach cannot contact the prospect until the calendar day after the completion of the event.
“ON CALL”
There is no exact definition of “on call” — generally the term relates to whether the prospect
showed up at a location at the direction of his or her coach. Common examples include:
• Beginning travel to the competition locale at the direction of a coach/administrator;
• Receiving travel expenses from the team; or
• Arriving at the competition locale at a time set by the coach/administrator.
VERIFICATION
OF ON-CALL
STATUS
To better determine a prospect’s on-call status, provide the Compliance Office with written verification from the coach/administrator as to the time the prospect will be on call and why.
If an entire club team travels to Phoenix the day before competition, an SDA coach cannot contact (in-person) any prospect on the team that day.
EXAMPLES
PARENTS
NLI SIGNEES
But if a prospect travels to Phoenix the day before competition on his or her own and not at the
direction of his or her club coach, an SDA coach can contact (in-person) the prospect (except
during dead periods).
The competition contact restrictions only apply to prospects and not to parents/legal guardians.
So parents could visit ASU at any time (except during dead periods).
All contact restrictions described above are lifted once a prospect signs an NLI with ASU.
Spring
Lieu Check
Pick-Up
Schedule
January 13
January 27
February 24
March 23
April 27
Recruiting Calendar
J A N U A R Y
2 0 1 6
CA LE N DA R K E Y
EVALUATION PERIOD
CONTACT PERIOD
QUIET PERIOD
DEAD PERIOD
Recruiting Period in MBB
1F O O T B A L L
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2
1T R AC K
AND FIELD
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1VOLLEYBALL
BE ACH VOLLEYBALL
1
2
31
31
1B A S E B A L L
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
31
3
31
1W O M E N ’ S
BASK ETBALL
1
1L AC R O S S E
2
4
5
6
7
8
9
3
10
11
12
13
14
15
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17
18
19
20
21
22
24
25
26
27
28
29
SOF TBALL
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
23
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
30
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
31
1A L L
OTHER SPORTS
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Please note that this table has dates that run until January 31. Many of the periods run past January 31.
Visit the NCAA Recruiting Calendars website for full recruiting calendars including little nuances that will clear up any discrepancies in the dates.
http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/resources/recruiting-calendars/2015-16-division-i-and-ii-recruiting-calendars?division=d1