Northwestern fired head football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday night amid claims his team fostered an abusive culture that included hazing rituals. A new statement from university president Michael Schill revealed further details about the situation.
Fitzgerald had been on a two-week unpaid suspension, but the school has now opted to completely end its relationship with the 48-year-old after reconsidering its stance and learning new details beyond the results of an investigation that began in January.
"The decision comes after a difficult and complex evaluation of my original discipline decision imposed last week on Coach Fitzgerald for his failure to know and prevent significant hazing in the football program," wrote Schill in an open letter to the Northwestern community.
