Auburn Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl Suspended, Team on Probation after NCAA Investigation
The punishment is in connection with violations committed by former assistant coaches.
Chuck Person
Auburn Men’s Basketball will not compete in 2020-21 Postseason
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn men’s basketball program will forgo postseason competition for the upcoming 2020-2021 season. The NCAA and the SEC have been notified. The athletics department and university administration, in conjunction with Coach Bruce Pearl, made the decision after careful deliberation and in light of the ongoing matter that surfaced in fall 2017 regarding former assistant coach Chuck Person. Auburn…
Former Auburn Assistant Basketball Coach Avoids Prison
Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach Chuck Person has avoided prison in a bribery scandal that has touched some of the biggest schools in college basketball. Person was sentenced on Wednesday to serve community service during two years of supervised release. Judge Loretta A. Preska said “no purpose would be served by incarceration.” Prosecutors say Person accepted $91,500 in bribes…
Former Auburn Assistant Coach Chuck Person to Plead Guilty
Former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday to a conspiracy charge in a scandal that involved bribes paid to entice young athletes to go to top schools. The change-of-plea hearing was revealed in a filing late Friday by prosecutors in Manhattan federal court. Person was scheduled to go to trial in June. The former…
Indictments Returned in College Hoops Bribery Scheme
A federal grand jury in New York City has returned indictments against four college basketball assistant coaches charged in a bribery scheme. The grand jury returned the indictments Tuesday against eight of 10 men arrested in September. Prosecutors say the men are accused of using bribes to influence star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe sponsors and agents. They face fraud…
