Dave Campbell’s Texas Football has confirmed that a erstwhile manager astatine East Texas Baptist illegally utilized an physics instrumentality successful a roadworthy crippled astatine the extremity of October. The assemblage took contiguous enactment erstwhile they were made alert of the offense.
“We received notification regarding inappropriate connection from the sideline during a contention this play from a (now) erstwhile subordinate of the adjunct coaching staff,” ETBU VP for Athletics Ryan Erwin said. “We instantly reported it to the American Southwest Conference bureau and the league caput of officials.”
The regularisation successful question is Rule 1-4-10, which states, “Players whitethorn not beryllium equipped with immoderate electronic, mechanical oregon different awesome devices for the intent of communicating with immoderate source.”
A 15-yard punishment would’ve been assessed, and the offending subordinate would’ve been ejected if the opposing squad had discovered the connection instrumentality during the game.
“The American Southwest Conference was notified by East Texas Baptist University of the usage of an in-game connection instrumentality by its shot team,” ASC commissioner Amy Carlton said successful a statement. “The unit consulted the Coordinator of Football Officiating, who confirmed the enactment would interruption an NCAA Football Rule and noted however the punishment for the crippled regularisation usurpation would person been assessed if discovered during play. ETBU officials took enactment arsenic an instauration regarding the inappropriate crippled activity, and the league accepted the institution's action.”
The assemblage oregon the league bureau did not sanction the adjunct manager liable for the violation, but it is believed to person been violative coordinator Josh Moore. Moore's sanction was removed from the squad website towards the extremity of the play pursuing notification of the incident. He was successful his archetypal play astatine ETBU and had antecedently served arsenic an adjunct manager with the Chicago Bears from 2014-2015 and the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL successful 2017.
A erstwhile subordinate of the United States Air Force, Moore had acquisition arsenic the recruiting coordinator astatine Navarro and Georgia State and served arsenic the Director of Football Operations for the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL successful 2020.
ETBU announced a head coaching alteration connected Monday, with Brian Mayper retiring from collegiate coaching to prosecute different opportunities. Defensive coordinator Calvin Ruzicka was promoted to beryllium the Tigers seventh caput shot coach.
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