Former Tennessee assistant coach sends loud message to coaches who tamper with players not in the transfer portal
Former Tennessee Vols assistant basketball coach Kim English sent a strong message on Tuesday evening to coaches who tamper with players that aren't in the NCAA transfer portal. English, a Baltimore native who was an assistant coach at Tennessee from 2019 to 2021 before leaving to become the head coach at George Mason, is currently […]
Former Tennessee Vols assistant basketball coach Kim English sent a strong message on Tuesday evening to coaches who tamper with players that aren't in the NCAA transfer portal.
English, a Baltimore native who was an assistant coach at Tennessee from 2019 to 2021 before leaving to become the head coach at George Mason, is currently the head coach at Providence.
The former Tennessee assistant tweeted on Tuesday evening that opposing coaches should call him about Providence's players that aren't in the portal, instead of contacting players (and their families) directly.
"To all the tampering head coaches and assistant coaches and flunkies… just call me and lmk (let me know) if you want to recruit our players," tweeted English. "Leave them and their families alone. Call me. I’ll see if they want to play for your programs. Y'all have my number."
There's no doubt that tampering is a major issue across all college sports.
But unfortunately, there's no good way to combat tampering.
Opposing coaches/programs have numerous avenues they can use to contact a player (or their families) to see if there's any interest.
Former high school teammates/coaches, current players, and even reporters/analysts are used by programs to gauge a player's potential interest (that road goes both ways….some players will use those same avenues to see if a school has interest in them before entering the portal).
The only way to put a real stop to it is for coaches to start publicly reporting programs/coaches who tamper with their players.
But that's unlikely to happen. No one wants to be the Mike Fiers of college sports. And that's, of course, because it seems like every program, to some extent, is tampering.
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