Florida head coach has received a one-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA due to recruiting violations.
Per an official release from the NCAA, among the penalties levied against Florida are a $5,000 fine and one year of probation. Mullen's show-cause order prevented him from "all off-campus recruiting activity during the fall 2020 evaluation period" and includes "a four-day off-campus recruiting ban during the fall 2021 contact period."
The NCAA noted Mullen's discipline stems from two separate recruiting violations, and he "did not promote an atmosphere of compliance."
Mullen and an assistant coach "had impermissible in-person contact with a prospect when they met with a prospect's high school coach while the prospect was in the room," and they showed interest in "recruiting the prospect" at that time.