hazing
August 23, 2023
Hazing incident results in Florida head coach fired, student-athletes suspended
A Central Florida high school football coach has been fired after a video of the football team participating in hazing events surfaced. Viera High School was the subject of a hazing scandal that prompted a school investigation that resulted in the...
July 11, 2023
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald fired amid hazing scandal
Northwestern has fired longtime head coach Pat Fitzgerald amid the hazing scandal within Wildcats' football program that broke over the weekend. President Michael Schill released a statement earlier in the week announcing Fitzgerald's departure fr...
September 29, 2021
Colorado High School Names New Coach Following Hazing Incident
A Colorado high school football team was allowed to resume practice this week for the first time since being suspended amid a sexual misconduct and hazing investigation. Falcon High School will now be lead by Josh Flores, who started the season as...
April 26, 2021
UMaine Study Examines Hazing in NCAA DIII College Athletics
College athletes at NCAA Division III schools experience hazing at higher levels than nonathletes and are more likely than their nonathlete peers to hold attitudes and beliefs that support it, according to new research from the University of Maine. ...
May 16, 2018
How an Illinois HS football program bounced back after hazing scandal
[caption id="attachment_26166" align="alignleft" width="550"] Photos: Nancy McGee[/caption] On a cold February day, Lake Zurich (Illinois) High School football coach Luke Mertens sits in the office of Athletic Director Andrew Lambert. Asked t...
February 7, 2017
Colorado HS wrestling coach fired after hazing caught on film
A Denver-area high school wrestling coach has been fired over a hazing ritual that allegedly took place during one of the team's practices. Rocky Johnson, who according to The Denver Post was in his first year coaching at Chaparral High School, ...
January 29, 2017
6 steps to stop hazing on your team
"We never meant for it to end up like this ..." "We all had too much to drink and no one was thinking clearly ..." "The seniors initiated us when we were freshmen, so we were just keeping the tradition going ..." "We were just trying to buil...
November 11, 2016
Former Ill. prep soccer players awarded $1M in hazing settlement
Five former Illinois high school soccer players who alleged they were hazed by their teammates have been awarded $1 million in a settlement with the school district. The students, who played soccer at Maine West High School (Des Plaines), filed a ...
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Study: Sports play critical role in promoting girls’ mental health
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A new study on mental health by the Women's Sports Foundation found gi...