Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald has "sued the university and school president Michael Schill," alleging "breach of contract and 'callous and outrageous misconduct in destroying his career.'" Fitzgerald was "fired this year amid a hazing scandal," and NU has faced an "escalating series of lawsuits related to the hazing scandal, broadly accusing the school of a culture that normalized instances of forced nudity, sexual abuse and racist remarks." At the time the scandal first surfaced in early July, Schill suspended Fitzgerald for two weeks, but three days later, after a "bombshell story in The Daily Northwestern detailed a former player’s account of hazing, Schill removed Fitzgerald as head coach." Fitzgerald’s attorney Dan Webb said that NU initially told him there "would be no further punishment" if Fitzgerald accepted a short suspension, so that "amounts to a breach of contract" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10/5).
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