Northwestern AD Derrick Gragg blasted football staffers for wearing shirts supporting fired coach Pat Fitzgerald at practice Wednesday, calling them “inappropriate, offensive and tone deaf” given the hazing and abuse scandal engulfing the school.
“The shirts were really just a reminder to allow us to stick together,” receiver Bryce Kirtz said.
Fitzgerald, who was fired after 17 seasons, has maintained he had no knowledge of hazing within his program. President Michael Schill and Gragg have largely limited their public comments to statements issued in news releases and, other than a handful of interviews, have not answered questions from reporters.
Braun was elevated to interim head coach about six months after he was hired as defensive coordinator. He has no college head coaching experience. It’s his job to help steady a program that has taken huge hits to its image.
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