NCAA Imposes Infractions on Division III Basketball Coach for Violating Sports Betting Rules

A Division III women's basketball coach violated NCAA betting rules after he was found to have bet $93,000 throughout his tenure, the NCAA announced on Tuesday.

The coach was the former head coach of the University of South (also known as Sewanee) women's basketball team. He was not named in the report, but the head coach of the program in 2023 was Brody Curry. Curry currently coaches a women's high school team in Tennessee.

The coach received a two-year show-cause order for his violations, which means that if he were to coach again in the NCAA over the next two seasons, he'd be subject to violations. The show-cause states that he'll receive a five-game suspension if he's hired by another institution.

Sewanee, a private Episcopal liberal arts school in Tennessee, will also be under probation for a year. The probation requires mandatory betting education.

"Given the prevalence of sports wagering activities on college campuses, it is arguably even more important that those closest to student-athletes refrain from such behaviors to protect student-athletes," the committee said in its decision, according to the release.

The release stated the coach placed 407 bets on college sports totaling $28,000. Twenty of those bets were on women's college basketball games that did not include his team.