Weber Faces Penalties

Tue., Aug. 6, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

Weber State president Paul Thompson said the school will impose sanctions on its men’s basketball program for violating NCAA rules.

The NCAA last spring investigated the Wildcats over allegations that staff members had violated recruiting rules, including charges that coach Ron Abegglen gave cash to at least one player, that coaches bailed out another from jail and that assistant coach Mark Coffman used the credit card of an assistant’s relative to pay a $600 bill for a player’s correspondence courses.

In the aftermath of an in-house investigation, Thompson said the school will impose a series of sanctions on the program, as well as individuals involved in it.

Coffman, who had been on the coaching staff the past five seasons, resigned earlier this month.

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