Brandeis fires men’s basketball coach after discrimination complaints
Brandeis University has fired its head men’s basketball coach over complaints of discrimination and unprofessional behavior, according to a letter posted Thursday on the school’s website. President Ronald D. Liebowitz said in the letter that last year several students filed “serious discrimination complaints’’ about the coach, alleging racially biased harassment, among other charges.
Liebowitz did not identify the coach. But a spokeswoman for the Waltham school confirmed the coach was Brian Meehan, who was hired in 2003.
The complaints were investigated, according to the letter, and the coach was disciplined. The president did not specify what kind of disciplinary action was taken, nor did he detail the complaints. The school Thursday declined to detail the complaints lodged against Meehan.
