Fitzgerald was fired by Northwestern amid a hazing scandal.
The Boilermakers recovered from a blown 12-point lead to beat Michigan State in a hard-nosed quarterfinal game in the Big Ten Tournament.
The embattled football coach fired from a multimillion-dollar contract broke the university’s sexual harassment policy, USA Today reported.
In a letter, lawyer Jennifer Belveal says that Mel Tucker did not engage in unprofessional or unethical behavior or "moral turpitude."
He masturbated and made explicit comments on the phone with an activist hired to educate the team about sexual misconduct, officials said.