Rutgers coach Kyle Flood suspended for contact over academic status

Thu., Sept. 17, 2015

Rutgers suspended football coach Kyle Flood for three games and fined him $50,000 for contacting a faculty member over a player’s grade. Rutgers president Robert Barchi announced the punishment Wednesday, a day after he received an internal investigative report. The report found that Flood emailed and met in person with a faculty member even though he knew or should have known of the university’s policies prohibiting coach-initiated contact with faculty members regarding students’ academic standing. The penalty comes with Rutgers football reeling from a series of player arrests and suspensions. Running backs coach Norries Wilson will run the team for the next three weeks. Flood accepted responsibility but defended looking out for the academic interest of players. – AP

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