With Brenda Martinez moving to LA to coach at USC, her husband Carlos Handler will be moving as well. He was slated to be the coach for the Big Bear Brosnan team. Looks like that is dead now. Another nail in the coffin.
You seriously must be working for the NCAA, cherry-picking their report like it’s gospel. The facts are crystal clear: this so-called NCAA report was written by the NCAA themselves, not some judge or real lawyer. They’re about to get slammed with a lawsuit for illegally imaging his phone against their own damn procedures. They conveniently forgot to mention that’s outright illegal. Once the LA Times or NY Times digs into this mess, everyone will see the truth. The facts haven’t changed—no tampering. Brosnan has long-standing relationships with two fathers he’s known for years. The NCAA handed down a violation not for actual tampering—they admit this—but for innocent phone calls that both Brosnan and the dads said weren’t recruiting. Those dads even asked about transfers, and Brosnan followed NCAA protocol perfectly, telling them “I can’t talk about that until she’s on the portal.” This is exactly how the NCAA wants coaches to handle these situations. There’s zero evidence: no texts, no emails, nothing. But the NCAA was so determined to slap a violation on him that they demanded he cut off friendships with any parents who have kids at other schools. Mark my words, this is going to be a case where the NCAA gets their asses handed to them and has to pay out big $ for breaking the law.
During prospect 2’s interview with the enforcement staff, she recalled her father telling her about one of the calls he had with Brosnan in which Brosnan expressed that he would love to have prospect 2 at UCLA. Following her entry in the transfer portal January 2, 2023, prospect 2 enrolled at UCLA and competed for the institution.
Prospect 1 entered the transfer portal on December 12, 2022, and prospect 2 entered on January 2, 2023. Two of Brosnan’s 11 phone calls with prospect 1’s father occurred at 10:25 p.m. and 11:07 p.m. on December 11, 2022, the night before prospect 1 entered the portal. Prospect 1’s father initiated both calls. Brosnan then initiated a phone call to prospect 1’s father the following day. The call concluded 13 minutes before prospect 1 entered the portal. Prospect 1’s father then called Brosnan three minutes after prospect 1 entered the portal.
You seriously must be working for the NCAA, cherry-picking their report like it’s gospel. The facts are crystal clear: this so-called NCAA report was written by the NCAA themselves, not some judge or real lawyer. They’re about to get slammed with a lawsuit for illegally imaging his phone against their own damn procedures. They conveniently forgot to mention that’s outright illegal. Once the LA Times or NY Times digs into this mess, everyone will see the truth. The facts haven’t changed—no tampering. Brosnan has long-standing relationships with two fathers he’s known for years. The NCAA handed down a violation not for actual tampering—they admit this—but for innocent phone calls that both Brosnan and the dads said weren’t recruiting. Those dads even asked about transfers, and Brosnan followed NCAA protocol perfectly, telling them “I can’t talk about that until she’s on the portal.” This is exactly how the NCAA wants coaches to handle these situations. There’s zero evidence: no texts, no emails, nothing. But the NCAA was so determined to slap a violation on him that they demanded he cut off friendships with any parents who have kids at other schools. Mark my words, this is going to be a case where the NCAA gets their asses handed to them and has to pay out big $ for breaking the law.
The tampering and the phone imaging are separate issues that have nothing to do with each other.
Good luck getting the LA Times or NY Times to cover either part of this.
99% of coaches that sue the NCAA (or the school that was their employer) never get an NCAA coaching job ever again. Is Brosnan willing risk his career and burn that bridge over a measly 1 year penalty where he's still technically allowed go be a college coach?
Honestly, it’s crazy that all NCAA coaches have to stop talking to friends who have kids at other schools. Nearly every coach in the NCAA does this. What’s even more ridiculous is that the NCAA finds no tampering with Brosnan but still hands out violations just for being friends with someone. It’s unbelievable how they’re policing relationships like that.
Honestly, it’s crazy that all NCAA coaches have to stop talking to friends who have kids at other schools. Nearly every coach in the NCAA does this. What’s even more ridiculous is that the NCAA finds no tampering with Brosnan but still hands out violations just for being friends with someone. It’s unbelievable how they’re policing relationships like that.
Nobody forced Brosnan to become a college coach. He CHOSE to become a college coach and to play by the rules.
In this case he only would have needed to wait a couple weeks before the athletes entered the portal then he could have talked to the parents again. If they were such close friends they would have understood, and a 2 week delay would not have broken the friendship.
Talking to them IS tampering. The NCAA found that he tampered.
Honestly, it’s crazy that all NCAA coaches have to stop talking to friends who have kids at other schools. Nearly every coach in the NCAA does this. What’s even more ridiculous is that the NCAA finds no tampering with Brosnan but still hands out violations just for being friends with someone. It’s unbelievable how they’re policing relationships like that.
Nobody forced Brosnan to become a college coach. He CHOSE to become a college coach and to play by the rules.
In this case he only would have needed to wait a couple weeks before the athletes entered the portal then he could have talked to the parents again. If they were such close friends they would have understood, and a 2 week delay would not have broken the friendship.
Talking to them IS tampering. The NCAA found that he tampered.
Talking to long pre-existing friends is not tampering, plain and simple. There's no rule that says otherwise. The NCAA is twisting their own rules just to fit their pathetic narrative. Every coach in the country has friends with kids at schools they don't coach at. The facts are crystal clear: Brosnan did not tamper one bit. He did exactly what the NCAA demands—he told the parents he couldn’t discuss transferring until their kids were officially in the portal. Brosnan couldn’t have followed the NCAA’s book more perfectly. The NCAA has zero legal right to force coaches to sever all communication with longtime friends. You can’t just make up bylaws that break the law. Bottom line: Brosnan should and most likely appeal this biased, illegal crap from the NCAA.