The former University of the South women’s basketball head coach, also known as Sewanee, violated NCAA sports betting rules by betting more than $93,000 on college and professional sports over a nearly two-year period from 2021-23.
The Division III Committee on Infractions Hearing Committee concluded that the unnamed coach: NCAA reportknowingly violated sports betting regulations by placing bets on college sports 407 times totaling $28,000.
He also placed 20 bets on women’s college basketball games, but those bets did not involve Sewanee.
“Regardless of the evolution or prevalence of views on sports betting, such activities remain a violation of NCAA rules,” the committee said in its decision. “Given the prevalence of sports gambling on college campuses, it is arguably even more important that those closest to student-athletes refrain from such activities to protect student-athletes. ”
Sewanee was given one year’s probation and the former head coach was given a two-year show course order.
The university reportedly received a tip about the coach’s sports betting activities in March 2023.
Brody Curry, who is not named in the report, will serve as the head coach of South University women’s basketball in 2023.
Curry was placed on administrative leave by the university in late April. According to a report from CBS Sports.
In July, Curry resigned from that position and moved to the same position at the Webb School in Tennessee.
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Curry also served as an assistant coach for Sewanee’s men’s basketball team from 2020-2022.
“Brody has been an important part of the Sewanee family as a student-athlete, alumnus, assistant in the men’s program and head coach of the women’s basketball program,” Sewanee Director of Athletics John Shackelford said in a statement. . Resign.
“This new chapter in his life represents a great opportunity for his growing family. He will be greatly missed by his students, colleagues, and friends on campus, and will continue to plant roots at Plateau. He will always be a Sewanee Tiger.”
