brimsalabim":3ttcohrx said:
Pete left USC west under investigations that later turned into serious NCAA sanctions. He quit before the NCAA could issue the dreaded "show cause" order though. Even so I'd expect that If Pete ever did return to coaching at the NCAA level, he would be on a very very tight leash and a marked man. I'm not sure that any AD would risk the hire much less one just getting out from under that same scrutiny.
Pete was never in danger of a show cause. If the NCAA had wanted that they'd have issued it regardless of where he was currently employed--that's what they do. I believe Paul Dee even said they didn't feel Pete was aware of what was happening with Reggie (pretty sure I remember reading that after sanctions were announced, though I can't find it now).
Also, the investigation had been ongoing for a full four years before he left. It's not like he left as soon as things looked dodgy.