Pat Fitzgerald’s tenure as Northwestern’s football coach is over.
Fitzgerald, who had been Northwestern’s head coach since 2006, was fired by Northwestern on Monday following an investigation into hazing within the Northwestern football program.
Fitzgerald was initially suspended for just two weeks by Northwestern on Friday following the conclusion of the university’s own investigation into hazing allegations, but was fired by the university just three days later after details of the alleged hazing surfaced over the weekend.
“The decision comes after a difficult and complex evaluation of my original discipline decision imposed last week on Coach Fitzgerald for his failure to know and prevent significant hazing in the football program,” Northwestern president Michael Schill wrote in a statement.