Northwestern has fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald after 17 years on the job, the school announced Monday.
“This afternoon, I informed Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald that he was being relieved of his duties effective immediately,” President Michael Schill said.
The decision comes after 11 former and current Northwestern football players spoke out regarding hazing inside the program, Schill adding that it included “forced participation, nudity, and sexualized act of a degrading nature.