Florida’s Aubrey Hill Resigns As Nevin Shapiro Case Continues

An NCAA investigation of claims by disgraced Miami booster Nevin Shapiro that coaches gave him inside information to help him gamble on football turned up “no concrete evidence” of wrongdoing, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald:

If Shapiro was getting gambling information from coaches, it was not helping. As Jackson points out, Shapiro has admitted to losing $9 million on sports gambling and paying tens of thousands of dollars to a local handicapper for advice.

His commitment was not unexpected. After an excellent spring game performance, other programs, including Florida State, began heavily pursuing the big line prospect.

Then, Florida wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill, Johnson’s area recruiter who was tied in by Yahoo!‘s reporting on the Miami/Nevin Shapiro NCAA scandal saga, resigned his position. Johnson wavered on his commitment back on August 3, and the relationship with Florida apparently did not improve.

Florida wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Aubrey Hill has abruptly resigned at the start of fall camp, the team announced Friday. He was one of a handful of coaches named in the Nevin Shapiro report, and it would appear his departure is related to that story.

“Aubrey informed me he was resigning for personal reasons that have nothing to do with the University of Florida,” coach Will Muschamp said in a statement. “Aubrey didn’t want to be a distraction to our team and our football program and he thought it was best for him to move on.