TCU men's basketball assistant coach Corey Barker has been placed on administrative leave one day after being reportedly linked to the ongoing college basketball corruption probe.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Drew Davison, TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said in a statement Friday that the third-year assistant had been placed on leave. TCU basketball was one of two programs, along with Creighton, added as having links to the corruption probe on Thursday.
TCU has placed men's basketball assistant Corey Barker on administrative leave, athletics director Jeremiah Donati said in statement.
— Drew Davison (@drewdavison) March 8, 2019
In an indictment filed on Thursday, former sports agent Christian Dawkins allegedly gave an unnamed assistant from a Texas university $6,000 in July 2017 to steer players towards Dawkins' agency once they declared for the NBA Draft.