Former South Carolina men’s basketball coach Lamont Evans was among four assistants arrested on federal corruption charges Tuesday after they were caught taking thousands of dollars in bribes to steer college players toward certain sports agents and financial advisers, federal authorities said.
While at South Carolina and later at Oklahoma State, Evans received at least $22,000 in bribes in exchange for influencing student-athletes to retain business advisory and/or investment management services from Munish Sood, a defendant, and a cooperating witness for the government, according to court documents.
Evans was an assistant at South Carolina under Frank Martin from 2012-2016, before being hired at Oklahoma State in April 2016.