NCAA levies Nebraska, Scott Frost with penalty, suspension

Nebraska football and Scott Frost are being penalized by the NCAA. On Monday, the NCAA came down on the Cornhuskers for having a special teams analyst coach players, and Frost for not handling the situation properly.

“Nebraska football is penalized by the NCAA for having a special teams analyst coach players, and Scott Frost not handling it properly,” tweeted Chris Vannini of The Athletic. “One-year show-cause and a five-day suspension for Frost.”

In a release detailing the violations, the NCAA explained in great detail what Nebraska is being penalized for.

“The university, football head coach and NCAA enforcement staff agreed that a former football special teams analyst provided technical or tactical instruction to student-athletes during practices and film sessions,” wrote the NCAA. “He also assisted in tactical decisions during games. Because he was a non-coaching staff member, his instruction of student-athletes caused the program to exceed the number of permissible coaches in violation of NCAA rules.

“According to the agreement, while the head coach did address concerns about the analyst’s instruction of student-athletes with the analyst directly, he did not appropriately monitor the analyst or notify compliance staff that violations had occurred. As a result, the football head coach violated head coach responsibility rules.”

Continuing, the NCAA announced the full list of penalties as approved by the Committee on Infractions, including:

• A one-year extension to the current probationary period (through April 2023).
• A $10,000 fine.
• A one-year show-cause order for the football head coach, plus a five-day suspension from all coaching duties during the championship segment of the 2022 football season.
• A reduction of the number of football countable coaches by one for two days of practice during the spring 2022 season.
• All noncoaching staff members will be removed from practice and competition for five consecutive days during the championship segment of the 2022 season.

As you can see, Scott Frost and Nebraska were levied a pretty significant punishment for their transgression. As the Cornhuskers look to find more success on the field in 2022, they’ll have to work through the aforementioned penalties.