Sampson’s Future at Indiana in Doubt
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BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Kelvin Sampson’s future at Indiana was in doubt yesterday following the release of an NCAA report that says he committed five “major” violations.
According to the report released yesterday, the basketball coach and his assistants provided false and misleading information to university and NCAA officials.
The allegations stem from a phone-call scandal that occurred while Sampson was still under recruiting restrictions following a similar episode at Oklahoma. The NCAA ruled in May 2006, less than two months after Sampson took the Indiana job, that the Sooners coaches made 577 illegal calls between 2000 and 2004.
The NCAA banned Sampson from calling recruits and making off-campus visits for a year.
In October, however, new allegations surfaced after an internal review. Just five months after coming off of probation, an Indiana investigation found Sampson’s staff made more than 100 impermissible calls, and that Sampson had participated in at least 10 three-way calls that were prohibited as part of the sanctions during his probationary period.
