Depsite his urging to move the date up, Pat Fitzgerald will get his date in court in November when $130 million will on the line in his wrongful termination lawsuit against Northwestern.
Now, a former assistant is set to take the school to court too, according to Law360 - a site dedicated to tracking fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments.
Former offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian has filed a defamation suit against the school, president Michael Schill, and former athletic director Derrick Gragg.
At the heart of the lawsuit is Bajakian claiming that Gragg and the athletic department portrayed him and the rest of the football staff in a false light following the dismissal of Pat Fitzgerald after hazing allegations.
The report adds that Bajakian claims he was defamed after Gragg publicly criticized him and other staffers for wearing "Cats Against the World" above Fitz's well known #51 at a practice back in August.
Bajakian says he wore that shirt twice previously in the presence of Gragg, and Bajakian claims that Gragg "never informed him, or any other member of the staff, that the t-shirts were inappropriate, offensive, and/or tone deaf."
Despite helping to lead the Cats to an 8-win season that few saw coming, Bajakian was not retained on the staff of David Braun, who opted to bring in the offensive coordinator of the defending back-to-back FCS national champions, Zach Lujan of South Dakota State.
Bajakian has since landed as an offensive analyst on Kyle Whittingham's staff at Utah.
Recently, nine additional former player filed lawsuits against Northwestern. Those nine bring the total number of players to 40 that are seeking damages for alleged hazing within the football program under Fitz's leadership.
Fitzgerald, who was one of the longest tenured coaches in college football before his dismissal with 16 seasons in Evanston under his belt, has maintained that he was unaware of any hazing happening within the program.
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