According to footballscoop.com, multiple sources say that USF was “engaged in a campaign to avoid paying [former head coach] Charlie Strong’s near $3 million buyout in order to help with a coronavirus-induced budget crunch.” In the report, it was noted that the school was reaching out to former assistants to see if Strong had allowed any impermissible coaching by graduate assistants and analysts.
However, The Daily Stampede’s Nathan Bond spoke with USF officials shortly after the news broke and learned that the story from Footballscoop.com is inaccurate, and that the inquiry did not originate from the school.