Report: Pearl To Get Show Cause Penalty

August 23rd, 2011 04:51 PM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Schools: Tennessee
Tags: Andy Katz, ESPN, NCAA, Tony Jones

History shows that coaches who lie to NCAA investigators are very likely to get show cause penalties. Andy Katz of ESPN.com says that multiple sources claim that’s exactly what’s going to happen to ex-Tennessee hoops coach Bruce Pearl and his former assistants.

Pearl “will receive a multiple-year show cause penalty” from the NCAA while assistants Tony Jones, Steve Forbes and Jason Shay will be handed one-year bans from college coaching.

According to Katz, the NCAA is planning to put out a news release tomorrow revealing the penalties… which likely means the Tennessee program will also find out just how it’s football and basketball programs will be punished.

UPDATE — Pearl has told The Knoxville News Sentinel that he has only been told that his punishment will be announced tomorrow and that he does not know what that that penalty will be.

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