NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has suspended football coach Kyle Flood for three games after he contacted a faculty member over a player’s status.

Flood will miss Rutgers’ Sept. 26 home game against Kansas University, along with this week’s showdown with Penn State and an Oct. 10 game against Michigan State. The Scarlet Knights have a bye on Oct. 3.

Rutgers President Robert Barchi announced the punishment Wednesday, a day after he said he received an internal investigative report.

Flood was also fined $50,000.

The report found that Flood emailed and met in person with a faculty member even though he knew or should have known of the university’s policies prohibiting coach-initiated contact with faculty members regarding students’ academic standing.

The report also found that Flood provided grammatical and minor editorial suggestions for a player’s paper to complete a course.