Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Grand Valley State Suspends Football Coach Who Said He’d Have Dinner With Hitler

Denny Medley/USA Today Sports

Division-II Grand Valley State University has suspended recently hired offensive coordinator Morris Berger after he told the school’s student newspaper that he’d like to have dinner Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Berger’s hiring was announced by the Lakers on Jan. 20. Three days later, he conducted an interview with Kellen Voss, the sports editor for The Lanthorn, GVSU’s student newspaper. Voss asked Berger, who majored in history at Drury University in Missouri, which three historical figures he would most like to have dinner with.

“This is probably not going to get a good review, but I’m going to say Adolf Hitler,” Berger replied.