Tennessee's football program has been accused of making impermissible phone calls and having impermissible contact with recruits under former coach Lane Kiffin, according to the NCAA notice of allegations released Wednesday. But the most serious charges by the NCAA were directed at Kiffin himself. Kiffin, who left Tennessee following the 2009 season to coach at USC, was cited for failure to monitor an atmosphere of compliance within the Vols program and failure to monitor the activities regarding compliance of several assistant football coaches. The Tennessee football program was not cited for failure to monitor following a 22-month investigation by the NCAA that also included men's basketball and baseball. Among the allegations, the NCAA charged Vols basketball coach Bruce Pearl with acting unethically and failing to monitor compliance activities by his basketball staff. The NCAA did not levy any charges against Tennessee's baseball program. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6151134
