Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee football updates from NCAA infractions hearing
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CINCINATTI − Tennessee football, former coach Jeremy Pruitt and defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley face an NCAA Committee on Infractions panel in a hearing for their part in a high-profile recruiting scandal.
Tennessee beat reporter Adam Sparks will provide live updates from the Westin Cincinnati hotel, the site of the hearing.
UT, Pruitt and possibly Ansley will be questioned about their involvement in 18 of the highest-level violations alleged to have been committed from 2018 to early 2021 during Pruitt’s tenure.
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The university faces only one allegation, failure to monitor the football program, but it’s an important one. UT claims that Jeremy Pruitt, wife Casey Pruitt and his coaching staff knew what they were doing was wrong and intentionally kept the university in the dark.
Expect Pruitt to deny knowledge of wrongdoing and perhaps seek help from his former assistant coaches, who have already agreed to show-cause penalties. He also could accuse UT of additional violations, which he previously threatened to do via a lawsuit that never materialized.
Here’s the latest from the hearing:
7:12 a.m.: NCAA staff began showing up at the ballroom, where the NCAA hearing is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m.
7:17 a.m.: Jeremy Pruitt and wife Casey arrived at the hearing location.
7:24 a.m.: Phillip Fulmer arrives at the hearing location.
7:27 a.m.: Tennessee general counsel Ryan Stinnett arrives and heads to a room reserved by Bond, Schoeneck & King, the firm representing UT as outside counsel.
7:29 a.m.: More Tennessee administrators arrive, including senior associate athletics director Jonathan Bowling. He was soon followed by deputy athletics director Cameron Walker.
7:41 a.m.: Phillip Fulmer’s attorney, Jeff Hagood, arrives and begins talking to Fulmer and others outside the ballroom where the hearing will be held.
7:54 a.m.: UT chief of staff Matthew Scoggins arrives and joins the university’s outside counsel.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Emailadam.sparks@knoxnews.com. Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing atknoxnews.com/subscribe.
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