CINCINNATI — Cincinnati has fired two members of its baseball workers per week after the college opened an investigation into attainable NCAA violations.

In an announcement launched Wednesday, the college mentioned assistant coach Kyle Sprague and director of operations Andy Nagel had been relieved of their duties May 17.

The college mentioned it started an inside evaluation of potential NCAA infractions involving the baseball program on May 8 and that the evaluation is ongoing.

“UC is cooperating with the NCAA in this matter,” the college mentioned. Cincinnati offered no particulars and mentioned it might not be “commenting further at this time.”

The Bearcats’ season ended Wednesday once they misplaced an elimination sport to East Carolina within the American Athletic Conference event in Clearwater, Florida. Cincinnati completed the season 24-33.

Cincinnati is the most recent school baseball program hit with issues over the previous month.

Alabama fired its baseball coach, Brad Bohannon, following a report of suspicious bets made at an Ohio on line casino involving his staff. ESPN reported that surveillance video from the sportsbook positioned on the Cincinnati Reds‘ Great American Ballpark indicated the one that positioned the bets was speaking with Bohannon on the time.

Less than per week later, the University of Iowa mentioned 26 of its athletes throughout 5 sports activities had been suspected of wagering on sports activities in violation of NCAA guidelines. Its cross-state rival, Iowa State, acknowledged that some 15 of its athletes throughout three sports activities are also suspected of violating playing guidelines.

NCAA guidelines prohibit athletes, coaches and workers from betting on beginner, collegiate {and professional} sports activities by which the NCAA conducts a championship. The guidelines are below scrutiny as legalized playing spreads throughout the nation, and the NCAA this week mentioned it was planning an athletes-only survey on the subject.