Can I play?**
Two current OM coaches are about to be 'named' in the NCAA report of massive recruiting violations at University of Miami. The two former U of M coaches were just two of a large group highlighted as active participants with knowledge of massive illegal benefits to current and prospective Miami football players.
Nevin Shapiro, University of Miami booster, incarcerated for his role in a $930 million Ponzi scheme, told Yahoo! Sports he provided thousands of impermissible benefits to at least 72 atheletes from 2002 through 2010. In 100 hours of jailhouse interviews during Yahoo! Sports’ 11-month investigation, the Hurricanes booster described a sustained, eight-year run of rampant NCAA rule-breaking.
Shapiro indicated that he has names of players and coaches that helped supply benefits and is ready and willing to provide even more information. At this time, the NCAA has not indicated the coaches that must 'show cause' why they should continue to be allowed to coach at the college level.
Current Ole Miss Co-Offensive Coordinator and QB Coach Dan Werner spent two terms at U of M and his last stint covered five seasons (2001-05) during the same time when Shapiro was 'alleged' to have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal benefits. While he was at Miami, Hurricanes quarterbacks threw for more than 14,500 yards and 114 touchdowns, giving balance to an offensive philosophy predicated on equality between the run and the pass.
Current Ole Miss Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks coach Wesley McGriff, was also listed in the NCAA report. McGriff spent last year in Nashville but he spent the previous four years at Miami, where he mentored some of the ACC's top defensive backs. He coached former Hurricane All-American safety and 2009 NFL first-round draft pick Kenny Phillips for two season.
Shapiro's sworn testimony implicated both rebel coaches as willfull participants in supplying illegal benefits to entice high school players to sign with the U of M. /end**
