Rutgers coach suspended for contact over academic status

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has 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 said 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 report also found that Flood provided grammatical and minor editorial suggestions for a player's paper to complete a course. The report said that…