Shannon Miller, who is openly gay, said her dismissal was discrimination at the the university was wrong to characterize it as a financial decision. But in court documents, the university says portraying the termination as financially motivated was Miller’s idea. Read more →
A group of students at the University of Minnesota Duluth could’ve spent spring break doing what so many other college students do — partying. They had bigger goals. They wanted to learn more about the history of civil rights in America. Read more →
Angie Nichols, the former director of the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services Office, is suing the Board of Regents, claiming the school retaliated against her through months of discrimination based on her sexual orientation and disability.
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The athletic department coaches who still collect a paycheck at the University of Minnesota Duluth have broken a long silence after nearly a year of controversy surrounding athletic director Josh Berlo, who removed several high-profile female coaches from the ranks.
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Maura Crowell was given a five-year deal that starts at $140,000 for the 2015-16 season and jumps $7,500 each year before hitting $170,000 in 2019-2020. Both numbers are well below the $215,000 Miller was pulling in at the school that’s bleeding red ink.
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Whatever trouble the University of Minnesota-Duluth has gotten into with the public over its announcement that it’ll fire women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller is mostly of its own making. Read more →
Jen Banford was also the school’s director of hockey operations and was among those losing hockey jobs at the school with the dismissal of head coach Shannon Miller, a move which has sparked allegations from Miller suggesting the move had something to do with the fact she’s a woman and she’s gay. Read more →
Soon-to-be-ousted University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller is doubling down on her suggestion that her contract isn’t being renewed partly because she’s gay.
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ESPNw reports that softball coach Jen Banford has been informed she will not have her contract renewed when it expires. She received notice the same week that women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller would not be retained, a move that has sparked controversy at the school. Read more →
The next time you wonder what’s the difference between men’s and women’s college sports, look no further than the University of Minnesota Duluth, which has announced it won’t renew the contracts of the women’s hockey coach, Shannon Miller, because of ‘financial considerations.’ Read more →
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