Despite what has been a chaotic summer within the Northwestern athletic department, university president Michael Schill said Monday that he doesn't have any plans to fire athletic director Derrick Gragg.
of the hazing within the football program, and he vowed to"vigorously defend" himself.
Schill has received significant criticism for his handling of the scandal, too. Initially, Schill opted to simply suspend Fitzgerald for two weeks following an investigation into the allegations. Three days later, he reversed course and fired Fitzgerald. Despite that, Schill — who took over as Northwestern’s president last year after holding the same post at the University of Oregon — insisted he wasn’t worried about losing his job. He said a “vast majority” of Northwestern’s board members backed his decision to fire Fitzgerald, too.
"Not in the slightest," Schill said when asked whether he felt his job was in jeopardy."I have been in communication with tons of members of the board, and the vast majority are supportive of my decision to terminate the coach. They know that it was the right thing, they know that it was the only moral decision that could be made at that time, and they're fully supportive of me.
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