Posted by indiansrck27 on 9/28/2017 3:43:00 PM (view original):
Forgive my ignorance, and laziness to google. What is a show cause order? At least now everyone will forget about UNC :)
The NCAA can issue a show cause order against a coach who has committed violations. If the NCAA hits a coach with a 10-year show cause order, that means for the next 10 years, any school that hires him has to either (1) agree to abide by the sanctions that are imposed against that coach or (2) appear before the NCAA and "show cause" why those sanctions should not be imposed. As a practical matter, #2 doesn't happen, so you have to agree to the sanctions.
As an example, Donnie Tyndall (ex Tennessee and Southern Miss bball coach) has a 10-year show cause penalty. If Big State U wants to hire him, they have to either (1) agree to suspend him from all coaching duties until that 10 years expires or (2) go to the NCAA and argue that the penalty is too harsh, Tyndall has served his time and can be trusted. Tyndall is an extreme example. Some coaches might have a 5 year show cause where during that time, any school that hires them can't let them do off-campus recruiting or they can't make recruiting phone calls, etc.
Long story short: it is a NCAA punishment that follows the coach to any NCAA school they coach at.