The University of Georgia announced Friday that swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle was suspended from “all job-related responsibilities effective immediately†after receiving a notice of allegations of NCAA violations.
The NCAA alleged in the notice issued Wednesday that Bauerle made “special arrangements†on Dec. 10, 2013, with a professor to add men’s swimmer Chase Kalisz to a course for the fall 2013 semester. Classes for the semester already had ended and final exams were underway.
Kalisz, a sophomore from Bel Air, Md., received a passing grade on Dec. 16 “despite not completing any work for the class,†according to the NCAA letter to UGA president Jere Morehead.
The case is considered a “severe breach of conduct,†according to the NCAA notice that alleged Bauerle violated NCAA bylaws.
