Northwestern has reportedly promoted defensive coordinator David Braun to become the program’s interim head coach after the university fired Pat Fitzgerald on Monday, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Braun was just hired at Northwestern back in January to become the team’s defensive coordinator. Before that, he spent four seasons in the same role at North Dakota State. He has yet to coach a game at the Power Five level.
Fitzgerald was first suspended for two weeks and then later fired after 17 years at the helm following an investigation into hazing allegations within the football program. The investigation found that allegations of hazing made by a whistleblower in November 2022 were “largely corroborated.”
