Overview
- Central Michigan football was placed on two years of probation and fined $30,000 plus 1% of its football budget.
- Investigators found assistant Jake Kostner used coach-issued gear and a bench pass obtained via Nate Mason and Mike McGee to put Connor Stalions on the CMU sideline under an alias during the 2023 Michigan State game.
- Kostner received a four-year show-cause order that includes a first-year ban from athletically related activities and a suspension covering 50% of the season in the second year.
- Former head coach Jim McElwain was given a two-year show-cause with a first-year restriction from all coaching duties and suspensions of 30% of games in year one and 20% in year two; he retired after the 2024 season.
- Mason and McGee each received two-year show-cause orders with first-year activity bans and 30% game suspensions in year two, and the NCAA praised CMU’s cooperation after a negotiated resolution noted initial misleading statements by some former staff.