Who NCAA is investigating at Ole Miss over Clemson tampering allegations, per report
Here are some details in the NCAA investigation over tampering allegations against Ole Miss football and Pete Golding, per a report from ESPN
This story has been updated with new information OXFORD — Coach Pete Golding and several other Ole Miss football staffers are being investigated by the NCAA amid tampering allegations, according to a report from ESPN on May 22. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney accused Ole Miss and the Rebels of tampering with linebacker Luke Ferrelli on Jan. 23.
He is a transfer from Cal who enrolled at Clemson and began practicing, according to Swinney, before flipping to the Rebels. ESPN reported that Taylor Hall, the Ole Miss senior associate athletic director for compliance, got an email from the NCAA on Jan. 23 hours before Swinney's press conference.
According to the report, the email requested that Golding's university-issued cell phone and personal phones be forensically imaged. The same was requested for phones belonging to Ole Miss general manager Austin Thomas, inside linebackers coach Jay Shoop, outside linebackers coach Matt Kitchens, director of player personnel Jai Choudhary and senior associate athletic director for strategy/cap management Matt McLaughlin. The NCAA also requested for Ferrelli's phone to be forensically imaged.
The report said the NCAA's investigation is still "in the early stages. " Golding was asked about Swinney's accusations on March 31, in his first spring football press conference . "There's two sides to every story," Golding said.