Texas, Maryland get reprieve on recruiting rule

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -The NCAA has given Texas and Maryland a one-year reprieve from a new rule that limits off-campus football recruiting by a coach designated as the head coach-in-waiting.

The decision allows Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp and Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin to participate in the critical spring evaluation period in April and May.

Texas and Maryland are the only schools affected by a new rule that says assistants “publicly designated” as the next head coach must be limited to one off-campus visit with a recruit. That visit can't be during the spring evaluation.

Assistants are given multiple off-campus visits.

An NCAA spokesman says the schools will now have time to adjust their contracts or pursue permanent relief.