A former women's soccer coach at Youngstown State violated academic integrity rules when he arranged for false transcripts for three women's soccer prospects.

According to the NCAA the former coach also arranged impermissible recruiting inducements for one of the prospects.

Following his separation from the school the coach violated ethical conduct rules when he  did not participate in an NCAA investigation.

According to the investigation the former women's coach recruited the prospects from his home country, and classified them as four year transfer student athletes from a university in his home town, in which the three never attended.

The athletes participated in 61 games at YSU while ineligible and those were vacated.

The following measures were handed down to YSU:

-Three years probation to run consecutively to the school's current probationary period from a separate case.

-A $5,000 fine, plus 2% of the women's soccer budget (self imposed)

-Most of the other sanctions  were self imposed including a 2019-20 post season ban, scholarship reduction for 2020-21 academic year and 10 week bans of unofficial visits, recruiting communication, and off campus recrutiing.

_A five year show cause order for the former coach.