The NCAA also said Nazlymov “personally provided or directed coaches to provide 18 student-athletes with more than $8,000 in impermissible benefits” via free access to his local sports club over a three-year period. Two prospects also received free meals, private lessons from the coach and other “inducements.” Coaching staff members observed three prospects while they trained or participated in lessons, which constituted impermissible tryouts. According to the summation, former head coach Nazlymov “arranged, provided or directed other coaches to provide more than $6,000 in recruiting inducements to three prospects,” primarily as free access to OSU’s practice facility.
He also committed several recruiting violations.ĭuring that investigation, OSU compliance learned OSU coaches were also present for approximately six hours of shootaround time that was not documented as a Countable Athletic Related Activity.Īccording to the NCAA, the majority of the violations occurred in fencing. He provided players with impermissible benefits - including paying for manicures, loaning money for rental cars, and purchasing textbooks for an athlete not on scholarship, per the NCAA. The women’s basketball violations were discovered during a Title IX investigation into the conduct of Klein. “To be clear, resource dedication alone does not fulfill the minimum compliance requirements … but here, the resources combined with the compliance program that Ohio State had in place outweighs the deficiencies identified by the panel.” “The panel recognizes that the institution dedicates significant resources to its compliance program that, in many ways, exceed those of other Division I institutions,” the Committee on infractions said in its public release. In the case of Nazlymov, if hired after the show case order ends, he will be suspended from 100% of his first season of employment. That means any school hiring them must restrict them from athletically related duties unless showing cause why the restrictions should not apply. The committee determined OSU’s department of compliance did not deserve a failure-to-monitor violation.įormer fencing coach Vladimir Nazlymov and former women’s basketball associate head coach Patrick Klein were each assessed a 10-year show cause order. Several other penalties were assessed, many of which were self-imposed after OSU self-reported the infractions. COLUMBUS, Ohio - The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions placed Ohio State’s athletic department on four years probation for violations occurring in women’s basketball, women’s golf and fencing from 2015-19.