JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi State has reported what school officials consider a secondary NCAA violation to the SEC, stemming from former coach Jackie Sherrill’s participation in an April 10 football practice.
Athletic department spokesman Joe Galbraith confirmed Tuesday that the school had reported the rule violation to the SEC.
Sherrill, who was Mississippi State’s coach from 1991 to 2003, was invited to practice by new head coach Dan Mullen. Sherrill said he was there to consult the coaching staff, but was seen interacting with players during the workout.
NCAA rules allow for the use of consultants to train the coaching staff, but consultants are not allowed to interact with players unless counted as coaches. And there is a limit on the number of coaches allowed at practices.
Galbraith said the school has taken appropriate action, including reminding the coaching staff of the limits of using outside consultants. He also said the university will no longer invite Sherrill to football practices and Mullen will be disciplined.
“There will be a letter of admonishment regarding his (Mullen’s) responsibilities and the NCAA legislation,” Galbraith said.
A letter to Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive acknowledged that Sherrill worked with Mullen and the team’s kickers on April 10 and the activity violated an NCAA bylaw.
In 2004, the school’s football program was placed on four years probation, stripped of eight scholarships over two seasons and banned from postseason play because of infractions that occurred while Sherrill was the head coach.
In his post-practice meeting with reporters on April 10, Mullen denied Sherrill’s participation was an NCAA rules violation.
“No, because he was coaching me,” Mullen told reporters. “I don’t think there’s any limitation of coaches that can coach your coaches.”
Mullen came to MSU from Florida, where he was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for both of the Gators’ national championships under Urban Meyer.
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Comments » 36
givehim6 writes:
Well, well, well. Jackie should have known better.
Homermoosevols writes:
Ridiculous rule?
auttat writes:
90% of them are
RPWhite writes:
I wonder if UT will report a Violation becuase if I recall, Johnny Majors was at Practice and he spoke with EB.
ETNTigerFan writes:
Not even coaching and Sherrill is still cheating!!
NoMoreWooAfterGoodOleRockyTop writes:
Zzzzz Zzzzz....
JMP_Vols writes:
Dan Mullen's first mistake....letting Jackie Sherrill consult him and his coaches.
Dan Mullen's second mistake.....letting Jackie Sherrill within 50 yards of his team.
vol4gzus writes:
Again........childish. Also how was that "ON TOPIC"?
Jackie Sherrill at practice after his past with school shows Coach Mullen has alot to learn. Although I have to agree seems a bit silly and nit picky by NCAA.
volinSmyrna writes:
...about as nit picky as a smoke machine being illegal.
HonoluluVol writes:
JM was there watching practice, not coaching and participating with the players like Sherrill was doing. There's a big difference. So, to answer your question. No, UT didn't report a violation because there wasn't one to report. I'm just glad another SEC reported a violation besides UT.
BSweet writes:
Very vague rule. What constitutes a consultant? Is any visitor automatically a consultant? And does no interaction mean you can't even say hello or does it just mean no coaching? Majors didn't coach up EB, he basically just introduced himself to the son of a former player. Is that illegal? If it is, then it's really stupid. I'm sure the UT compliance office will look into this.
Maybe Johnny wants to be a GA. :)
SignalMtnVol writes:
Are the GA's allowed to work with players in the off season, since they're not technically coaches, or would that be an NCAA violation? Just curious, since we have a former D1 O coordinator (Mitch Browning) as a GA.
ArealVolFan writes:
Doubt it, but even if it was...who cares? I'd rather have the UT family relations held intact.Besides your math is off three plus this one fictional one is four.
BSweet writes:
This is your life. Seriously, stop and think for a moment. I know thinking is hard for you but try it. Your life is spending all your free time trolling an opponent's message board trying to flame the fans. That is so sad. I feel for you. Honestly, I do. I can't imagine how pathetic your life must be that you can't find something more fulfilling than this. I hope things pick up for you. There's more to life than being an a-hole.
golfballs03 writes:
What about when Peyton came back and did 7 on 7 drills with the team?
murrayvol writes:
con-sul-tant:
1. One who gives expert or professional advice
2. One who consults another
3. One who makes an embarassing amount of money with no discernible benefit to the person, persons, or organization consulted
murrayvol writes:
It's a living.
murrayvol writes:
Shhhhhh!
NeylandWest writes:
I think it's really cute and sweet how you're always on our site. It's one more step to converting. It's okay. Go ahead. You can sing Rocky Top. We know that you've secretly rehearsed.
Waldorf writes:
Remind me again whose coaching staff the new coach at Mississippi State was on last year? Maybe he learned from Meyer?
By the way, has Foley ever reported a secondary violation?
And I'm still waiting on an update on your "sister".....
belayvol writes:
But did he cut the nads off a bull to really coach them up?
CoverOrange writes:
Have you got a link that proves that?
gohawks1 writes:
Dangit, Fulmer, what have you gone and done now?
gohawks1 writes:
I like #3 the best. Good one.
tdforvols writes:
Here's a nice stat for all the egomaniac Gator posters.
How many undefeated seasons has Florida had in it's history? I'll tell you - One
How many undefeated seasons has Tennessee had in its history? I'll tell you - Eleven
Now that is some true success baby!
Sources:
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/r...
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/r...
abnermc writes:
Here's a better one. How many teams have gone thru a season undefeated,untied & UNSCORED ON?
Answer: ONE ,Tennessee in 1939.
CoverOrange writes:
I re-read it. Doesn't say anything about Peyton. What's your point?
pdhuff#552644 writes:
How did that come out when they investigated you for coaching Dupree out of season?
Did he ever understand what the red light coming on meant?
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Good insight.
I'm sure he and Tebow are card-carrying members of the same society, working in the same area.
belayvol writes:
Maybe you will, maybe you won't. You have a history of choking at least once every season. Now if this were a jaw jacking contest, you would win hands down.
tdforvols writes:
The gator tears will fall like rain this year but alas they are too cocky and arrogent to see who will sneak up on them. Championship trophy and loud mouth's = big X on back for Tebow & Co.
volhallathunder writes:
Top story on ESPN this morning:
Wide receivers Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09...
abnermc writes:
Now we understand why Percy was so fast.
ETNTigerFan writes:
didn't the 1899 sewanee tigers go undefeated and unscored on and play like 4 games in a week?
tdforvols writes:
didn't the 1899 sewanee tigers go undefeated and unscored on and play like 4 games in a week?
Almost but no cigar. One team scored 10 points on them. For details visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_Sew...
ETNTigerFan writes:
true. I can't believe they let them score ten points. losers. kidding. what a road stretch though:
Nov. 9 (Thursday) at Austin: Sewanee 12 Texas 0
Nov. 10 (Friday) at Houston: Sewanee 10 Texas A&M 0
Nov. 11 (Saturday) at New Orleans: Sewanee 23 Tulane 0
Nov. 13 (Monday) at Baton Rouge: Sewanee 34 LSU 0
Nov. 14 (Tuesday) at Memphis: Sewanee 12 Ole Miss 0
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