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CMU fires gymnastics coach citing “egregious misconduct”

Central Michigan University Athletics

After over three decades as the head coach of the Central Michigan University gymnastics team Jerry Reighard was fired Thursday.

Reighard was given two weeks to respond to an 121-page investigative report by CMU Faculty Personnel Services.

That report cited “egregious misconduct” by Reighard that created a hostile atmosphere contradictory to CMU’s standards.

The most recent incident in February involved Reighard trying to influence a student to lie about concussion symptoms.

Jerry Reighard was the head coach of CMU’s gymnastics program since 1984, leading the university to sixteen first-place Mid-American Conference titles, the most in league history.

Officials with the CMU athletics department say they will begin a national search for a new coach.