Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald was fired last week amid a university investigation into hazing that permeated throughout the football program.
With lawsuits filed against various members of the Northwestern athletic and academic administration, a selection of former players have now gone on the record with Kalyn Kahler and Brian Hamilton of The Athletic about the nature and extent of the hazing that took place within the football program.
One of those players is former Wildcats wide receiver and safety Rico Lamitte, who played for former coach Randy Walker at the school from 2001 to ’05. Fitzgerald served on Walker’s staff during that time as a position coach before taking over as head coach in ’06, after Walker’s death.
