Word: harrick
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Lately, other coaches have forgotten other rules. There's ex-basketball coach Larry Eustachy of Iowa State, who forgot the one about not getting drunk and canoodling with coeds. There's Jim Harrick, ex-basketball coach of the University of Georgia, who forgot the one about not permitting athletes to receive bogus class credits. There's Jan van Breda Kolff, ex-basketball coach of St. Bonaventure University, who forgot to require a transfer student to have a two-year degree, not a certificate in welding...
...Harrick scandal at Georgia erupted when it was learned that the coach improperly paid some bills for one of his players and that other players had received credit for a coaching course--taught by Harrick's son and assistant--that they never attended. Harrick was fired from an earlier job--at UCLA--for expense-account irregularities...
Rhode Island University, which hired Harrick after UCLA but before Georgia, defends its decision. "[He] deserved another opportunity," says spokeswoman Linda Acciardio. Georgia was similarly forgiving: "We all make mistakes," says associate athletic director Damon Evans...
...money that helps buy such mercy. Alumni open their wallets when the alma mater fields a champion. And the TV networks, which pay billions for college sports (CBS is paying $6 billion over 11 years to broadcast NCAA basketball) can make winners flush. The fact that Harrick won a national title at UCLA may have meant more to Georgia than his T&E arithmetic...