Ex-football coach Pat Fitzgerald sues Northwestern for breach of contract

CHICAGO — Three months after he was fired amid a hazing scandal, ex-Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald has sued the university and its president, accusing the school of “callous and outrageous misconduct in destroying his career.”

And Fitzgerald’s attorney said he doubts there was any significant hazing on the Wildcat squad, despite the multiple lawsuits and accusations that have surfaced since the scandal broke over the summer.

“If you put young men in a locker room, do they sometimes engage in behavior that someone could say on a given day they were being difficult with each other? Players sometimes do that