Overcoming the Presumption of Head Coaches’ Responsibility for Compliance Misconduct by Assistant Coaches and Administrative Staff Members

By Stuart Brown, Mark Jones, Carrie McCaw of the Ice Miller Collegiate Sports Practice   Most NCAA Division I athletics leaders and head coaches are aware of the new NCAA Division I enforcement model's heightened emphasis on head coaches' personal responsibility for NCAA violations in their programs. However, some athletics leaders and head coaches neither appreciate the severity of potential penalties associated with this heightened emphasis nor understand how head coaches can best minimiz