College-Scam Coaches Plead Not Guilty, Test Taker Makes Deal
- Coaches indicted on racketeering conspiracy in admissions bust
- Man who took kids’ exams for them cuts deal for 33-41 months
William Ferguson, former women's volleyball coach at Wake Forest University, leaves Boston Federal Court on March 25.
Photographer: Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesA dozen people charged in the U.S. college-admissions scandal pleaded not guilty on Monday, with nearly two dozen of the parents swept up in the government’s sting coming up Friday.
Among six former college coaches who appeared in federal court in Boston were Gordon Ernst, who was head tennis coach at Georgetown; William Ferguson, who coached women’s volleyball at Wake Forest University; Jovan Vavic, former water polo coach at the University of Southern California; and Jorge Salcedo, who was head coach of men’s soccer at the University of California at Los Angeles.