Former Yale coach Rudy Meredith charged in college admissions scandal

Rudy Meredith resigned as Yale head coach in November 2018. (Yale Athletic Communications)

Former Yale women's coach Rudy Meredith is at the center of a massive nationwide bribery and college admissions scandal, as more than 50 people were charged Tuesday by federal prosecutors.

Lead prosecutor Andrew E. Lelling, the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, labeled it the largest college admissions scandal ever brought forth by the Justice Department.

The indictment charged that Meredith — Yale coach for 24 years until resigning this past November — started accepting bribes in 2015 to fast-track applicants for admittance to the prestigious Ivy League institution. College coaches typically are allotted a certain number of admissions slots per recruiting class, though the indictment says Meredith did so "in violation of the duty of honest services he owed to Yale as his employer."