ECU assistant resigns amid possible violations

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -Mark Nelson has resigned as an assistant football coach at East Carolina after the school learned of possible NCAA violations concerning his observation of voluntary summer workouts.

Athletic director Terry Holland said Tuesday night that he told coach Ruffin McNeill that the school's compliance office was investigating concerns that Nelson evaluated players during summer activities.

Holland says Nelson met with McNeill, admitted to the violations and offered his resignation as defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator.

Holland says the school will report the violations to the NCAA, and says they are likely to be classified as secondary. McNeill says the search for Nelson's replacement will begin immediately, and that he might reshuffle his staff.