Terri Patraw: Nuts And Bolts
UNR fired a winning soccer coach mid-season, a coach who had taken her team to new heights, a coach who took UNR to championships, a coach with no performance issues, a coach with commendable evaluations through her termination, a straight-shooting coach who protected her student athletes from gender discrimination, a coach who stood fearless in reporting blatant NCAA rule violations, a coach who refused to be sexually degraded because she is a woman, a coach who did these things as a role model to student athletes, who within days of her termination, reported NCAA violations and sexual harassment by her supervisor's husband.
NCAA violations and discrimination are of public concern. Patraw's reporting activity has borne retaliation but it has also borne fruit. The gambling golf coach has resigned. The NCAA is about to complete its intensive investigation of the University of Nevada, Reno athletic department.
Athletic Director Cary Groth offered Patraw a multi-year contract and $10,000 raise on August 22, 2007, and fired her on August 28, 2007, after an August 26, 2007 letter detailing sexual harassment and NCAA violations.
Patraw is substantially more qualified than the person filling her position. The program has suffered without her. The new coach has violated NCAA rules, giving UNR cause for termination. UNR knows of this violation, but it is apparently following its standard to ignore such reports. Patraw was not fired for performance issues. She had commendable evaluations every year and was offered a $10,000 raise on August 22, 2007, six days before her termination.
NCAA violations and discrimination are of public concern. Patraw's reporting activity has borne retaliation but it has also borne fruit. The gambling golf coach has resigned. The NCAA is about to complete its intensive investigation of the University of Nevada, Reno athletic department.
Athletic Director Cary Groth offered Patraw a multi-year contract and $10,000 raise on August 22, 2007, and fired her on August 28, 2007, after an August 26, 2007 letter detailing sexual harassment and NCAA violations.
Patraw is substantially more qualified than the person filling her position. The program has suffered without her. The new coach has violated NCAA rules, giving UNR cause for termination. UNR knows of this violation, but it is apparently following its standard to ignore such reports. Patraw was not fired for performance issues. She had commendable evaluations every year and was offered a $10,000 raise on August 22, 2007, six days before her termination.
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