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UMN panel that brought in Norwood Teague 'shocked, dismayed'

Members of the University of Minnesota search committee that helped find disgraced former athletics director Norwood Teague said in a statement Monday they are "shocked and dismayed" by his "unacceptable behavior."

Teague resigned under pressure Aug. 7 after it was revealed he groped two colleagues and sent lewd text messages to one during a school leadership retreat.

Days later, a Star Tribune reporter wrote in a first-person account that Teague had sexually harassed her, as well.

Since then, many have wondered how Teague, 49, came to be hired at Minnesota. The school paid Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search $112,000 to help conduct the search for Teague, who replaced Joel Maturi after he retired in 2012.