Georgia Tech basketball assistant penalized for NCAA violations at Ole Miss

Georgia Tech men’s basketball assistant coach Wes Flanigan violated NCAA recruiting rules while he was an assistant at Ole Miss, according to a Division I Committee on Infractions decision released Friday.

Flanigan had impermissible recruiting conversations with an adviser to a player at another school who had not entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Flanigan spoke with the adviser 16 times by phone and exchanged 10 text messages about the player.

The player eventually entered the transfer portal but never visited Ole Miss, received a scholarship offer from the school or transferred there.

The NCAA classified Flanigan’s violations as Level II-mitigated and imposed a one-year show-cause order that included recruiting restrictions and a suspension. He served the recruiting restrictions during the 2024-25 academic year and a two-game suspension from Dec. 13-17, 2025.

Flanigan joined Georgia Tech coach Scott Cross’ staff after working from 2023-26 at Ole Miss. He previously served as an assistant at Auburn, Mississippi State, Nebraska and UAB. He compiled a 22-42 record as head coach at Arkansas Little Rock from 2016-18.

A Georgia Tech spokesperson declined to comment when asked about the NCAA’s announcement.

The NCAA penalties stem from Flanigan’s time at Ole Miss and do not impose any restrictions on Georgia Tech or its men’s basketball program.

Ole Miss was placed on two years of probation and fined $455,000. The school also received recruiting restrictions as part of the negotiated resolution.

Ole Miss coach Chris Beard was responsible for the violations under NCAA head-coach responsibility rules but received no penalty. The NCAA said Beard was not personally involved, was unaware of the impermissible contact and had promoted an atmosphere of compliance.