Editing Houston Nutt (section)

==Allegations of misconduct in recruiting==
In January 2016, the NCAA notified Nutt's former university, Mississippi, of 13 compliance violations alleged to have occurred under both Nutt and then-head coach [[Hugh Freeze]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ole Miss NCAA Reckoning could come by November |url=https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/8/9/16122988/ole-miss-ncaa-coi-hearing-date |access-date=September 21, 2019 |website=sbnation.com |language=en}}</ref> Nutt was alleged to have cheated by allowing ineligible students to play in Ole Miss games in 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ole Miss to vacate 33 FB wins after violations |url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/02/12/ole-miss-vacates-wins-ncaa-violations |access-date=July 22, 2019 |website=SI.com |language=en}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/907379963 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/907378743 cite #14 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref>  However, Nutt filed suit against Ole Miss, and the suit was later settled with the university and Nutt issuing this official statement:
<blockquote>"Certain statements made by University employees in January 2016 appear to have contributed to misleading media reports about Coach Nutt. To the extent any such statements harmed Coach Nutt’s reputation, the University apologizes, as this was not the intent. The NCAA’s Notice of Allegations dated January 22, 2016, did not name or implicate Coach Nutt in any misconduct, and it would have been inappropriate for any University employee to suggest otherwise."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ole Miss and Houston Nutt reach Settlement on Lawsuit |url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/10/16/ole-miss-houston-nutt-lawsuit-settlement |access-date=2019-09-21 |website=SI.com |language=en}}</ref></blockquote> Apparently, two assistants under Nutt had conspired to fix certain players' ACT scores to make them eligible to play and those assistants under Nutt were found guilty of academic fraud.  These were the only two violations which occurred under Nutt's administration; of the 21 total NCAA findings, the remaining 19 violations were under Freeze's administration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Houston Nutt Relieved by Results of Ole Miss Investigation |url=https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/ole-miss-football/houston-nutt-relieved-results-ole-miss-investigation/t |access-date=September 21, 2019 |website=saturdaydownsouth.com |language=en}}</ref>