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NCAA: Football coach for 100 dollar -Wettskandal punished

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Five current or former employees of the state of Iowa State Football Coaching were punished by the NCAA for sports games, which contained bets on the basketball programs for men and women. You have no criminal charges.

In total, the five trainers teamed up to achieve more than 6,200 online bets of more than $ 100,000 dollars for games. Some of these bets came to professional events, others in college sports.

The violations were classified as level II, which means that they could affect the integrity of the NCAA collegiate model.

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Caleb Grill, #2 of the Iowa State Cyclones, shoots the ball in the first half of the game in the Hilton Coliseum on February 4, 2023. The Iowa State Cyclones won 68-53 to the Kansas Jayhawks. (David K ​​Purdy/Getty Images)

The trainers are Jace Heacock, Chase Clark, Michael Dryer, Kyle Highland and Mason Williams.

Now one of the five of the sports department of another school has to take part in the annual seminar of the NCAA Regional Rules at their own expense and serve a two -week suspension during the time against the show. They are all exposed to a one-year show cause arrangement by April 24, 2026.

Heacock, son of the defense coordinator Jon Heacock, was a football assistant in 2021 and 2022. He was hired on April 24 as director of the football analytics. His biography on ISUS Sport website did not mention where or whether he worked in 2023 and 2024.

Clark, former deputy director of football equipment, placed 2,305 bets of a total of $ 18,676, including 46 bets on basketball for men and women from ISU. He is now a deputy equipment manager for the Detroit Lions.

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Hunter Dekkers seems to be throwing

Quarterback Hunter Dekkers, No. 12 of the Cyclones of the State Iowa, tries to throw against the TCU -Horned Frogs in the Amon G. Carter Stadium on November 26, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Trockner, former assistant for equipment, placed 1,182 bets of 11,536 US dollars, including 25 bets on ISU men's and women's basketball. He is now in sales for a sporting goods company.

Highland, former assistant to recruit football recruitment, placed 509 bets of a total of 6,365 US dollars, including eight bets on basketball for men and women from ISU. He is now the deputy director of the army football operations.

Williams, former employee for athletics equipment, placed 1,455 bets of 11,679 US dollars, including 12 bets on basketball for men and women from ISU. He is now Head Equipment Manager at Valparaiso.

The five were identified from 2021 to 2023 during a state investigation into Sports activities in the sporting facilities on campus.

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Iowa state helmets

Iowa State Cyclones helmets in the first quarter of a big 12 football game between the Iowa State Cyclones and Kansas Jayhawks on November 3, 2018 in the Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, KS. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire about Getty Images)

The State Ministry of Criminal Investigations handed over the names of the five men to IOWA State officials as part of his investigation into underage online sports at universities. Dozens of athletes in the state of Iowa and Iowa were caught and, among other things, with a minor gambling and identity theft.

Many of the athletes remained guilty and paid for a fine; Legals were dismissed against others. More than three dozen athletes have joined a civil lawsuit against the DCI, which claims that the agency had violated its rights and smeared its reputation.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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