Jeff Bottari/Getty Images
Antonio Pierce is a head coach in the NFL now with the Las Vegas Raiders, but he will face significant hurdles if he ever plans on returning to college football in a coaching capacity.
That is because the NCAA announced Thursday he was given an eight-year show-cause order for violations he committed when he was the associate head coach of Arizona State. In addition to the show-cause, he will be suspended from all athletic activities for his entire first season of employment if he ever returns to the college game.
Pierce was given the punishment for his role in "a program wide effort to engage in impermissible recruiting activities during the COVID-19 dead period.