Former University of Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon must serve a five-year NCAA ban for leaking key injury information to a bettor. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
The NCAA has hit former University of Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon with a five-year suspension for providing inside information about the injury status of the team’s starting pitcher before a game to someone who then tried to use the knowledge to place a six-figure bet. He is also subject to a 15-year casualty order.
The school received three years’ probation in the case, as well as a $5,000 fine, and must provide additional gambling education classes for its employees and athletes.
Bohannon specifically violated NCAA rules regarding “honesty and sportsmanship” when he leaked information to Bert Eugene Neff before the team’s game against LSU in April 2023.
Neff pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice because he lied to FBI agents, destroyed evidence, and tampered with witnesses. This crime is punishable by up to a decade in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Neff tried to put $100,000 on LSU to win
The NCAA has text messages between the pair that show Bohannon encouraging Neff to place a big bet against Alabama. Neff tried to put $100,000 on LSU to win and told four other gamblers the information. Sportsbook BetMGM has set the retail sale at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati at $15,000. He even told the Sportsbook staff that he knew LSU would win and showed them messages from the Alabama coach.
