Celtics assistant coach Jerome Allen faces a suspension after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court to accepting an $18K bribe when he was Penn’s head coach in 2014, according to an ESPN report.
Allen has been on Brad Stevens’ staff since 2015, months after he was fired by Penn. He will likely retain his current job but receive punishment for his actions, the story continues. The suspension will likely be in the two-week range, according to a Boston Herald report. The plea agreement requires him to repay the $18K in addition to a $200K fine.
Allen accepted the bribe from the father of a prospective student in order to get the teenager admitted to the university as a listed recruit.
Allen issued a statement on Friday which read in part, “I am heartbroken that my players — current and former — will know that I broke the law. But, I do hope that some good may come out of this I wish to model to my young players how one accepts responsibility for wrongdoing, including the consequences that come from unlawful behavior.”
Allen coached the Quakers for five-plus seasons and failed to win more than nine games in any of his last three seasons.
Well… It’s dumb for sure but he’s owning up to it so there is a silver lining. Weinstein, spacey and Cosby could learn from this guy haha.
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if this guys suspended while brad gets tossed from a game.. who coaches?
NBA teams have more than 1 assistant, usually only one is allowed on the bench. So it’ll probably be another assistant on the bench in his place.
I’d assume Jay Larranaga. I would have assumed he was the first choice this whole time though, considering he was interviewing for more than one HC job this offseason.
Tbh Larranaga to me seemed like he was the nick nurse to Brad Stevens Dwayne Casey, minus being the g league hc
Brian Bowen’s dad finally fessed up under oath (and in tears) before a federal grand jury in the FBI investigation. He was getting money from his high school prep school, and spilled the beans on several colleges offering $100,000, houses, jobs. Wonder when Kansas will finally get in trouble. They paid the Cavs Billy Preston.
Preston did not look good for the Cavs… gleague plyr if that… of course WAY early to say for sure.
$18K, that’s it! Allen was willing to potentially ruin his rep for $18K? What did he need the money for, buy a new Prius?
He should be suspended for being stupid more than anything else.