South Florida committed Level II NCAA violations under former football coach Charlie Strong and under current women’s basketball coach Jose Fernandez. It was a negotiated resolution announced on Friday by the NCAA’s committee on infractions.

Strong, who is now an assistant coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, will face a one-game suspension if he returns to college. NCAA officials said Strong’s program setup an alert system to notify noncoaching staff members when compliance staff were around.

Here’s a breakdown from the NCAA:

The university and enforcement staff agreed that over the course of three academic years, seven then-noncoaching football staff members participated in on- and off-field instruction during practices, resulting in the program exceeding the number of permissible countable coaches. In one case, a then-noncoaching football staff member provided skills instruction to student-athletes and led film assessments and instruction.

When the South Florida compliance department learned of the football violations, it provided additional rules education to the football staff, including the former football head coach. Following that rules education, the football program continued to allow seven noncoaching staff members to participate in skills instruction. Furthermore, according to the agreement, equipment managers used headsets to alert noncoaching staff members when compliance staff were attending football practices, so the additional violations of countable coaches rules were not discovered.

“USF Athletics places great emphasis on and is committed to the highest level of integrity and NCAA rules compliance,” athletic director Michael Kelly said in a statement, per the Tampa Bay Times. “While I am disappointed to have discovered actions that did not uphold these values, I am pleased with the professionalism and speed with which our compliance and administrative staff self-reported and collaborated with the NCAA for a thorough review. I believe we have a strong culture of compliance at USF. As such, we will use this as an opportunity to learn and improve as a department as we continue to pursue best practices and the highest standards of compliance.”

Here is a breakdown of the penalties:

  • Three years of probation.
  • A $10,000 fine plus 0.5% of each of the football and women’s basketball budgets.
  • A reduction in initial football scholarships by two during the 2022-23 academic year.
  • A suspension for the former football head coach, in which any member school that employs the coach in an athletically related position must suspend the coach from all activities for one football regular season contest in the coach’s first season.
  • A one-year show-cause for the women’s basketball head coach, including a 15-hour suspension from practices during the regular season.