The program under Fitzgerald has won four bowl games since 2016, yet the team fell to a 1-11 record last season. I expect that today’s actions will prevent this from ever happening again.”įitzgerald, 48, is entering his 18th season coaching the Wildcats. “Our athletics programs are held to the highest standards, and in this case, we failed to meet them. “Hazing in any form is unacceptable and goes against our core values at Northwestern, where we strive to make the University a safe and welcoming environment for all of our students,” Northwestern University president Michael Schill said. Coaches, staff members and student-athletes must complete an annual mandatory anti-hazing training. In addition to speaking with the whistleblower, Hickey’s team interviewed more than 50 people affiliated or formerly affiliated with the football program.Īdam Oakes, a Virginia college student, died in 2021 during a hazing incident Family photo via WTVRįamily of student who died during 2021 hazing incident sues Delta Chi fraternity for $28 millionįollowing the report’s findings, the school will take several additional actions going forward, including discontinuing practices at “Camp Kenosha.” The university, located in Evanston, Illinois, will also require locker room monitoring by “someone who doesn’t report to the football coaching staff,” the news release states.Īn online tool dedicated to reporting incidents of potential hazing or hazing-related concerns among student-athletes will be created, the university said. The probe was led by former state executive inspector general Maggie Hickey, whose team found “evidence to corroborate claims made by an anonymous whistleblower regarding hazing activities and events,” the university said. Davie Carmichael, a native of Scotland with NAIA roots and a track record of success at multiple levels, was tapped to become the second head coach in. “We hold our student-athletes and our program to the highest standards we will continue to work to exceed those standards moving forward.” “Northwestern football prides itself on producing not just athletes, but fine young men with character befitting the program and our University,” Fitzgerald said in a statement. The whistleblower alleged that football players pressured team members into participating in hazing activities, which typically occurred in the locker room and may have started at “Camp Kenosha” in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the team held training camp, the summary says.įitzgerald, who is suspended effective immediately, said he is “disappointed” to learn of the hazing allegations, adding he was not “aware” of any of the alleged activities. New Mexico State fires men's basketball coach Greg Heiar following allegations of hazing within the team Then-LSU assistant coach Greg Heiar, center, shouts from the sideline during the team's NCAA men's college basketball tournament game against Yale in Jacksonville, on March 21, 2019.
0 kommentar(er)
