Pat Fitzgerald is fired as Northwestern football coach in the wake of a hazing scandal: ‘The culture ... was broken’

Pat Fitzgerald was fired as Northwestern football coach Monday after a hazing scandal tarnished the program he helped build.

In a statement emailed to the university community, President Michael Schill said he told Fitzgerald on Monday afternoon “he was being relieved of his duties effective immediately,” citing a “broken” culture in the program.

Fitzgerald originally received a two-week, unpaid suspension from the university Friday after an outside investigation confirmed a former player’s account of hazing by