Is ok for me to tell my old coach I want to donate scholarship money? I don't know what kind of contact I can have with my old coach, is that a conversation I can only have with the athletic department? I think being compliant is important, but I don't know where to start with this sort of thing and I looked in the resources section of ncaa.org.
i'm not sure if i fully understand your question... but you are likely fine.
are you wanting to donate your scholarship money to a charity? if so, you should just accept the scholarship money, and then make a donation on your own to the charity of your choice. there is nothing against this.
or are you wanting to donate your scholarship money to a teammate? this would get trickier, and you'd be better served to have your scholarship just put in this person's name instead of yours. there should be nothing wrong with that either.
in all, i'm sure that you can get your money donated to a good cause if you don't need it. i'd just take the $$ myself and make the donation myself to ensure that it gets to the right group.
hope this helps.
What I am asking is, it ok for me to tell my former coach, since I have graduated, that I want to give him money for scholarships?
What kind of conversation am I allowed to have with my old program about what kinds of ways I can help them financially?
decades ago after a workout at the track i was followed and handed an nike grab bag by an anonymous middle aged chubby guy who quickly ran off. i thought it was a joke. i'd never seen the guy before and have never seen him since. it was filled with $5k of old 20 bills. i used it to pay for tuition. earlier i had money problems and somehow this guy showed up. it happened twice more to me with a different person handing me a plastic 7-11 bag, and a walmart bag, before i graduated. i don't know who did it, but i'm glad i got it.