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Former PSU Doctor: James Franklin Repeatedly Interfered with CFB Medical Decisions

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Penn State head coach James Franklin is known for his fiery personality, but he may have overstepped his bounds.

Per John Luciew of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a former team doctor with Penn State's football team testified on Tuesday that there were "several occasions" when Franklin interfered with the medical decisions of team doctors and trainers.

Dr. Pete Seidenberg, who served as a primary care team physician during the early part of Franklin's tenure as head coach of the Nittany Lions that began in 2014, was speaking during the ongoing trial in a lawsuit filed by Dr.