Almost a year after The University of Tennessee received a notice of allegations from the NCAA, sanctions against the Volunteers and former head coach Jeremy Pruitt have been announced.
Tennessee will pay a hefty fine of $8 million, but Volunteers fans will be happy to learn they avoided any kind of postseason ban. As for Pruitt, the former leader of the program was hit with a six year show-cause order.
“Should the head coach become employed in an athletically related position at an NCAA school during that show-cause order, he shall be subject to a suspension from 100% of the first season of his employment,” the NCAA revealed.