Four former Tennessee staff members are expected to receive multiyear show-cause penalties from the NCAA stemming from their roles in recruiting violations committed under former coach Jeremy Pruitt, sources tell Sports Illustrated.
Inside linebackers coach Brian Niedermeyer, outside linebackers coach Shelton Felton, director of player personnel Drew Hughes and student assistant Michael Magness are set to receive show-cause penalties of three-to-five years in negotiated resolutions they struck with the association.
A show-cause penalty is an individual sanction that, for the most part, keeps a person from working within college athletics for a certain period of time. The penalty requires a school to “show” why they are hiring such a person in a presentation before NCAA leaders. Most schools avoid such hires.
