Stanford Sailing Coach May Face 13 Months in Prison Over Bribes

John Vandemoer on March 12.Photographer: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

The former head sailing coach at Stanford University may face 13 months in prison for taking bribes to get students accepted as athletic recruits even though they weren’t competitive sailors.

John Vandemoer is scheduled to be the first coach to be sentenced in the college admissions scandal that has exposed widespread cheating by wealthy parents to get their children admitted to prestigious universities across the U.S.