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Five current members or former staff of Iowa state football coaches were punished by the NCAA for the sports game which included betting on the male and female basketball programs of the school. They do not face any criminal charges.
In total, the five coaches combined to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $ 100,000 on matches. Some of these bets came to professional events, some were on university sports.
The violations were classified as level II, which means that they could compromise the integrity of the college model NCAA.
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Caleb Grill, n ° 2 of the iowa state cyclones, pulls the ball in the first half of the game at the Hilton Coliseum on February 4, 2023, in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa State Cyclones won 68-53 on the Kansas Jayhawks. (Images David k Purdy / Getty)
The coaches are Jace Heacock, Chase Clark, Michael Dryer, Kyle Highland and Mason Williams.
Now, one of the five hired by the sports department of another school will have to attend the annual seminar of regional NCAA rules at its expense and serve a suspension of two weeks during the protection period. They are all subject to a justification order of one year until April 24, 2026.
Heacock, son of the defensive coordinator, Jon Heacock, was assistant to football in 2021 and 2022. He was hired as Director of Football Analytics on April 24. His biography on the ISU sports site did not mention where, or if he worked in 2023 and 2024.
Clark, former assistant director of football equipment operations, placed 2,305 Paris totaling around $ 18,676, including 46 Paris on the male and female basketball of the ISU. He is now responsible for assistant equipment for the Lions of Detroit.
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The quarter-Arrière Hunter Dekkers, n ° 12 Iowa state cyclones, seems to launch against the horns with TCU horns at the Amon G. Carter stadium on November 26, 2022, in Fort Worth, in Texas. (Ron Jenkins / Getty Images)
The dryer, former equipment assistant, has placed 1,182 Paris totaling around $ 11,536, including 25 Paris on male and female basketball in the ISU. He is now working in the sales of a sports items.
Highland, former football recruitment operations assistant, has placed 509 Paris totaling about $ 6,365, including eight Paris on male and female basketball. He is now the deputy director of army football operations.
Williams, a former partner for athletics equipment operations, ranked 1,455 Paris totaling about $ 11,679, including 12 Paris on male and female basketball of the ISU. He is now a director of equipment in Valparaiso.
The five were identified during a state survey on sports betting activities in campus sports facilities from 2021 to 2023.
The Iowa State Cyclones is headsets at the first quarter of a Big 12 football match between the cyclones of the Iowa State and the Kansas Jayhawks on November 3, 2018, at the Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, KS. (Scott Winters / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The State Department of the Criminal Survey presented the names of the five men to Iowa State officials as part of its survey on online sports betting of minors in state colleges. Dozens of Iowa and Iowa state athletes have been taken in the bite and loaded, among other things, with games of chance and identity.
Many athletes pleaded guilty and paid a fine; The accusations were rejected against the others. More than three dozen athletes joined a civil trial against the DCI, alleging that the agency had violated their rights and coated their reputation.
