Northwestern Wildcats
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Northwestern to add Skip Holtz to staff
www.espn.com Sources: Northwestern to add Skip Holtz to staffNorthwestern is expected to hire Skip Holtz as the special assistant to the head coach for the 2023 season, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Monday.
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> Holtz's assignment is temporary for the upcoming months and won't interfere with his USFL job as the head coach of the Birmingham Stallions, according to ESPN sources. He enters a difficult situation at Northwestern, which fired coach Pat Fitzgerald this summer in the wake of a flurry of hazing allegations. A spate of lawsuits have followed the firing. Holtz will be tasked with being a veteran resource to interim Northwestern coach David Braun to help he and the Wildcats navigate the season.
- www.espn.com Northwestern players to skip Big Ten media days
Northwestern football players Bryce Gallagher, Rod Heard II and Bryce Kirtz said they will not attend Big Ten media days so the hazing scandal doesn't "steal the focus away from football and the upcoming season."
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Former QB Lloyd Yates files suit against Northwestern
www.espn.com Former QB Yates files suit against NorthwesternLloyd Yates, a former quarterback and wide receiver who played at Northwestern from 2015 to 2017, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the university, outlining a "brainwashing culture" of hazing and abuse that became "normalized."
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> Yates, a former quarterback and wide receiver who played at Northwestern from 2015 to 2017, became the first plaintiff to identify himself in a lawsuit against the school. > > Three unnamed former players last week filed complaints with a different set of attorneys, which name former football coach Pat Fitzgerald, current university president Michael Schill and others as individual defendants (Yates' lawsuit only names the university). Noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is working with Yates, said at a news conference Monday that he expects to file more than 30 lawsuits from former Northwestern athletes (football and other sports) in the coming weeks and months.
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Hazing, sexual violence allegedly 'rampant' at Northwestern
www.espn.com Hazing, sexual violence allegedly 'rampant' at NUCivil rights attorney Ben Crump said his law firm has received reports from men and women of hazing within multiple Northwestern athletic programs.
- www.espn.com Northwestern to launch 2 reviews into athletics
Northwestern president Michael Schill said the two external reviews are needed to ensure "appropriate accountability for the athletic department."
- www.espn.com Ex-Northwestern players hire civil rights attorney
Noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump and a Chicago-based law firm are representing eight former Northwestern football players who are taking legal action against the university for hazing incidents that took place within the program.
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Sources: Wildcats DC Braun to be interim coach
www.espn.com Northwestern DC Braun named interim coachNorthwestern defensive coordinator David Braun has been tabbed as the school's interim head coach for the 2023 season, sources told ESPN.
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Sources: Northwestern fires baseball coach Jim Foster
www.espn.com N'western fires baseball coach amid allegationsNorthwestern fired baseball coach Jim Foster on Thursday, with sources saying his dismissal came after allegations of bullying and a toxic environment within the program.
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- www.espn.com What's next for Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern's players and the Wildcats' program?
On Monday, Northwestern fired Fitzgerald, the face of its football program, in the wake of a hazing investigation. A look at the next steps.
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Attorney: Northwestern fired Fitzgerald for cause
www.espn.com Fitzgerald lawyer cites contract breach in firingNorthwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald for cause, his attorney told ESPN. The attorney is researching legal strategies, citing "two different major breach of contract claims" with Northwestern as well as significant reputational damage.
> [Fitzgerald’s attorney Dan] Webb is researching legal strategies and has not filed a lawsuit, but he cited "two different major breach of contract claims" with Northwestern as well as significant reputational damage. > > Northwestern has not informed Webb whether it is seeking to withhold the remaining salary on Fitzgerald's 10-year contract signed in January 2021. Fitzgerald is owed more than $40 million from the school.
- www.espn.com Northwestern to keep assistant coaches for 2023
Northwestern will retain its assistant coaches and support staff for the 2023 season in the wake of coach Pat Fitzgerald's firing, the school told ESPN.
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Northwestern fires Pat Fitzgerald: Wildcats coach out amid hazing scandal, other accusations, per reports
www.cbssports.com Northwestern fires Pat Fitzgerald: Wildcats coach out amid hazing scandal as cultural issues exposedA former Northwestern standout, Fitzgerald led the program for 17 seasons
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Ex-Northwestern player details hazing incidents
www.espn.com Northwestern to reconsider Fitzgerald's disciplineNorthwestern, in a letter sent late Saturday night, announced it will reconsider penalties for longtime Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald after new details emerged surrounding allegations of hazing in the Big Ten school's football program.
- www.espn.com Fitzgerald suspended after Northwestern inquiry
Northwestern is implementing several measures to curb hazing within its football program, including a two-week suspension of coach Pat Fitzgerald after an investigation found evidence to support a claim of problematic conduct.
