College basketball coach pleads guilty in transcript scandal

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A former New York community college basketball coach accused of scheming to get star players into NCAA Division I schools with forged transcripts has pleaded guilty.

District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. says Tyrone Mushatt has admitted providing St. John’s University with a forged transcript for a Westchester Community College player.

Mushatt also admitted he conspired to possess and turn over 10 forged WCC transcripts of six players to St. John’s, Quinnipiac (KWIHN’-ih-pee-ak) University, Concordia College and Florida A&M University.

Several players were ruled ineligible.