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McNeese State coach Will Wade hit with penalties and 10-game suspension for LSU violations
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FILE - Then-LSU coach Will Wade gestures during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arkansas, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Fayetteville, Ark. An independent infractions panel handed a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension to former LSU and current McNeese State men's basketball coach Will Wade on Thursday, June 22, 2023, for multiple rules violations. - photo by AP Photo/Michael Woods, File
Former LSU and current McNeese State men's basketball coach Will Wade received a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension Thursday for multiple rules violations, ending a slow-moving case originally rooted in a federal corruption investigation into the sport. The ruling came from a panel of the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP). It determined Wade failed to report potential violations, as well as making payments to the ex-fiancée of a former player — who he had coached before arriving at LSU in 2017 — to prevent the disclosure of potential violations.