FLA. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer defended the hiring of a former Iowa assistant accused of racism by saying he “vetted him thoroughly along with our general manager and owner.”
Iowa agreed to pay strength coach Chris Doyle $1.1 million in a resignation agreement last June after more than a dozen former players said he bullied and discriminated against them. Doyle denied the allegations. A lawyer for 13 Black ex-Iowa football players has filed a lawsuit alleging his clients suffered racial discrimination under longtime coach Kirk Ferentz.
Doyle is among the defendants. Meyer officially hired Doyle as Jacksonville’s director of sports performance.
See also:
- Iowa football head strength coach Chris Doyle placed on administrative leave
- Iowa strength coach Doyle responds to allegations by black former Hawkeye players
- Hawkeyes head strength coach Doyle done at Iowa
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