Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald said he feels "100 percent vindicated" in the wake of the August settlement of his wrongful termination lawsuit against the school where he was the head coach for 17 seasons.

Fitzgerald, speaking publicly for the first time since his firing in July 2023, told ESPN's "College GameDay" podcast that he has spent the past two years preparing to return to coaching and is actively seeking a return to the college sideline.

"I feel very fortunate," Fitzgerald said, when asked how he has been received in the college hiring space. "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 r

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