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Northwestern's defensive coordinator turned interim head coach is still working through the challenges of a role he took without hesitation.

Northwestern interim football coach David Braun tried to portray the job description for the kind of defensive assistant he wants to hire, someone who won’t be cowed by recent hazing allegations and related lawsuits that currently dog the program. “We’re in a difficult situation,” Braun said Wednesday during a session with reporters at Big Ten media days. “It’s going to take a special person ...

David Braun is serving as Northwestern's interim head coach after Pat Fitzgerald was fired following an investigation into hazing in the football program.

The lawsuit is the first of what’s expected to be a series of filings on behalf of Northwestern players – and potentially may extend to players who attended colleges across the country plagued by cultures of hazing.