Fired Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald files $130M wrongful termination suit

Former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for wrongful termination after he was fired in July.

Fitzgerald was suspended for two weeks by the school in early July after an investigation into acts of hazing within the Northwestern football program. After more information regarding the hazing allegations became public, the school fired him days later.

Fitzgerald’s lawsuit asks for $130 million and claims that Northwestern told him that he “would not face any additional consequences” as a result of his two-week suspension following the independent investigation into the hazing allegations.

The lawsuit describes the agreement of no additional consequences as “an oral contract”…