Florida coach Dan Mullen and his staff violated NCAA recruiting contact rules on two separate occasions, leading to a one-year show-cause penalty for Mullen and a variety of other restrictions for the Gators football program.
Mullen and an unnamed assistant coach engaged in impermissible in-person contact with a high school junior, according to an agreement released by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions Tuesday. The high school coach joined the prospect and coaches in the room and Mullen later sent the player texts reiterating his interest and telling him about an upcoming visit to the high school.
The NCAA deemed it a Level II violation because off-campus recruiting contacts are not allowed during a football prospect’s junior year of high school.
