On Dec. 10, 2025, Jared Nuness resigned his position as Baylor University’s longest-tenured assistant basketball coach. In a social media post, Nuness cited a “personal issue” preventing him from being able to remain fully committed to his job. He implied the issue was health-related, stating, “At this time Whitney and I decided I need to focus on my physical health.”
However, NCAA legal documents recently revealed the real story behind his resignation is likely related to an internal investigation into allegations that Nuness improperly placed bets on collegiate and professional sports. Nuness’ resignation occurred just one day after the NCAA began collaborating with Baylor on the investigation.
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Baylor was first alerted to Nuness’ sports betting by a third-party sports wagering monitoring system on Nov. 16, 2025. While that party is not named in the filings, the Big 12 Conference — which includes Baylor — began a partnership with sports wagering monitoring company U.S. Integrity, now called Integrity Compliance 360, in 2023 to monitor potential betting violations by student-athletes, coaches and staff.
Based on that information, Baylor began an internal investigation and provided a summary of their findings to NCAA enforcement staff, who joined the investigation Dec, 11, 2025, less than 24 hours after Nuness’ resignation for an implied health reason. Nuness cooperated with the investigation, eventually admitting to violating NCAA policy by placing approximately 3,387 bets on professional sports totaling $37,985 between Dec. 29, 2020, and Nov. 28, 2025.
The investigation also found three different bets totaling $170 had been placed on NCAA Division I men’s basketball games, although none of the bets involved any of Baylor’s programs. While Nuness took responsibility for those bets, he told NCAA officials he had allowed his minor son to access his account. While filings do not name the child or the child’s age, public social media posts by Nuness reveal that his two sons are currently a sophomore and a second grader. The NCAA report says the son placed three bets totaling $170.
As a result, the NCAA has subjected Nuness to a two-year probationary period should he choose to return to NCAA coaching. During this time, any school that hires him will need to require him to undergo sports-betting education and provide sports-betting education to his coaching peers. Further, he will be suspended for three regular season games the first season of his return.
This is not the first instance of a Baylor University official receiving NCAA sanctions for violating sports betting policy. In 2025, Sam Hancock, Baylor’s former director of resource development, was reprimanded for placing 2,950 impermissible bets totaling $45,979 between July 2019 and September 2024. Hancock’s bets included 113 wagers on competitions involving Baylor student-athletes.
Hancock also received a two-year probation with any NCAA position held within that timeframe requiring Hancock to participate in gambling counseling and attend the NCAA Regional Rules Seminar. Hancock is currently senior director of development and annual giving at Wichita State University.
As for Jared Nuness, he has not made any public statements concerning his sanctions. However, he wife, Whitney, posted publicly on social media after the sanctions were made known. She did not mention the infractions directly but offered a general statement of support: “None of us are defined by one moment, one season, or one chapter of our lives. There is so much more to a person than what can ever be seen from the outside.”
In a comment on that post, Jared added: “You know how bad I want to tell our truth. At the right time I will. For now, we move on and focus on us and our family. Those who know, know the real truth.”