Northwestern football head coach fired after hazing investigation
The head coach of Northwestern University's football team has been fired following an investigation into allegations of hazing among team members, the school's president announced Monday.Northwestern's head football coach, Pat Fitzgerald, was suspended last week for two weeks without pay, but school president Michael Schill said in a note to the Northwestern community that he was reevaluating that decision.The disciplinary action was taken to address Fitzgerald's "lack of awareness and prevention of significant hazing in the football program," Schill said.The results of the school's investigation, launched about six months ago, were kept confidential, the president said."Over the past 72 hours,…
