CHICAGO — Northwestern University has relieved Jim Foster as head baseball coach days after news surfaced of controversy surrounding him.
Foster’s dismissal as coach one year into the job was announced to players on a video call Thursday afternoon with Northwestern University President Michael Schill and athletic director Derrick Gragg, sources told the Chicago Tribune. Assistant coach Brian Anderson, a former player for the Chicago White Sox, has been picked to lead the team in Foster’s place.
Foster could not be immediately reached for comment. University officials sent a statement from Gragg saying Foster had been “relieved of his duties effective immediately.”
