Montana fired its football coach and its athletic director while dealing with questions regarding their roles in a number of assault investigations involving football players.
Montana Football Sexual Assault Scandal Now Under Justice Department Investigation
Allegations of sexual assault raised against multiple Montana Grizzlies football players have resulted in a newly opened investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, Reuters reports.
The scandal came to light for most of us shortly after the surprise firing of football coach Robin Pflugrad and athletic director Jim O’Day long after the usual firing period, but the story has been building for something like two years now.
Read Article >Montana Football Players Want Answers After Coach Firing
The Montana Grizzlies fired their head football coach, Robin Pflugrad, and athletic director, Jim O’Day, on Thursday amid floating sexual-assault rumors plaguing the team. The university, however, neither addressed the allegations nor even gave a specific reason for such a massive cleaning-house move in what is a bizarre time of year for this sort of thing.
Now, the Grizzlies, who Pflugrad so vociferously defended against allegations of sexual abuse and rape, want answers. They released a statement on the team’s official website demanding as much. An excerpt:
Read Article >Dan Hawkins To Montana Rumors? Yep, That Seems Fine
Dan Hawkins could do a fine job at Montana, seeing as his geographic experience spans from northern California to Oregon and Idaho. This really does seem like an okay idea. Yep.
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Read Article >Montana Says Little About Why Robin Pflugrad, Jim O’Day Were Fired
Montana confirmed Thursday afternoon that it’s fired football coach Robin Pflugrad and athletic director Jim O’Day. It also noted a replacement will soon be named and so forth, though that’s not really anything anybody beyond Grizz fans are concerned with right now.
The statement, from president Royce Engstrom:
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