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Northwestern baseball coach Jim Foster is fired days after football hazing scandal

In an announcement posted to Northwestern University's athletics page, head baseball coach Jim Foster was "relieved of his duties effective immediately."

Northwestern University fired head baseball coach Jim Foster on Thursday, days after the university let go of head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid an investigation into hazing allegations.

Foster was "relieved of his duties effective immediately," Athletic Director Derrick Gragg said in an posted to the university's

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