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SAN DIEGO – San Diego State announced a series of self-imposed penalties Monday for violating NCAA rules by holding summer football workouts at a local beach. 

The school said it will eliminate 21 practice days through the 2004 season, cut six scholarships through 2005, and suspend assistant coach Damon Baldwin for six practice days, including five without pay, during the 2002 fall camp. 

Baldwin also will be suspended for five days at the end of the 2002 season and will receive a letter of reprimand. 

NCAA officials ruled the violations were secondary, pending a review by the Committee on Infractions, and did not warrant probation for the program. 

“We take any violations seriously, regardless if they are considered secondary in nature,” said Rick Bay, the school’s executive director of athletics. 

The infractions stem from summer conditioning sessions for offensive linesmen coordinated by Baldwin from 1998-2001. 

Summer workouts are generally prohibited by the NCAA if coaches are present and if attendance is taken, which was the case at the 6 a.m. conditioning sessions referred to as “sand training.” 

Baldwin, one of four assistants retained by new coach Tom Craft after Ted Tollner was fired at the end of last season, had the sessions videotaped and sold over the Internet.