Three former Northwestern baseball staffers plan to file a lawsuit against the university Monday, alleging "retaliatory discharge, harassment, bullying and abuse" at the hands of former coach Jim Foster, per a Sunday afternoon release.
Foster was fired on July 13 after a report from Danny Parkins of 670 The Score in Chicago alleged that Foster “created a toxic environment that has run off coaches, broken the spirit of his team … and was the subject of an HR investigation.” Parkins cited nine sources in his report.
In the lawsuit, former assistant coaches Dusty Napoleon and Jon Strauss and former director of baseball operations Chris Beacom will allege that Foster created an environment so toxic that they did not want to travel with the team when its season began in February. When they raised these concerns with the athletic department, they allege they were subject to retaliation.
