Northwestern has fired coach Pat Fitzgerald, in a move initially reported by Matt Fortuna of The Athletic and confirmed by the school later Monday night.
The move comes three days after Fitzgerald was suspended for two weeks following an investigation into hazing within the Wildcats’ football program. The investigation found that allegations made by a whistleblower in November 2022 were “largely corroborated.”
On Saturday, Nicole Markus, Alyce Brown, Cole Reynolds and Divya Bhardwaj of The Daily Northwestern—the university’s student newspaper—reported details uncovered by the investigation, including allegations of coerced sexual acts. Later reports from ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg and Bradley Locker of Inside NU corroborated such claims.
