"I feel very fortunate,"
"I feel fully vindicated. It's been great working through this process. There's been conversations with a lot of folks. It's been face-to-face, it's been on Zoom, it's been phone calls. [My candidacy has] been received very well."
"inappropriate conduct in the football program did occur."
"The evidence uncovered during extensive discovery did not establish that any player reported hazing to Coach Fitzgerald or that Coach Fitzgerald condoned or directed any hazing."
Pat Fitzgerald says he feels 100 percent vindicated after settling his wrongful termination lawsuit with Northwestern. Northwestern fired Fitzgerald amid hazing allegations, and Fitzgerald sued the school for $130 million. The lawsuit was settled in August under undisclosed terms. Northwestern stated that inappropriate conduct in the football program did occur but that discovery did not establish that any player reported hazing to Fitzgerald or that he condoned or directed hazing. Fitzgerald says he has spent two years preparing to return to coaching and has received positive reception in hiring conversations. University president Michael Schill resigned two weeks after the settlement. Fitzgerald said some settlement specifics cannot be publicly discussed.
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