EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Attorneys for former Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald have announce a settlement with the university.

Fitzgerald was fired in July od 2023 after a hazing scandal in the football program.

The former coach said in part, "The rush to judgment in the media in July of 2023 and the reports that suggested I knew about and directed hazing are false and have caused me, my wife, and my three sons great stress, embarrassment, and reputational harm in the last two years. Though I maintain Northwestern had no legal basis to terminate my employment for cause under the terms of my Employment Agreement, in the interest of resolving this matter and, in particular, to relieve my family from the stress of ongoing litigation, Northwestern and I have agreed

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