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Lois Arterberry has been named head coach of tennis at the University of Minnesota, the first Black woman head coach at the Big Ten school in 22 years.
Lindsay Whalen has decided not to remain in an administrative role at Minnesota following her dismissal as women’s basketball coach.
When Lindsay Whalen's time as Gophers women's basketball coach ended in March, she agreed to step down and work as a special assistant. Ultimately, she decided against taking that role, choosing to be terminated without cause and accepting a $215,000 settlement, according to university documents. Whalen, a former Gophers All-America guard and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, had been ...
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Lindsay Whalen has decided not to remain in an administrative role at Minnesota following her dismissal as women’s basketball coach. According to the release agreement between the university and Whalen, first reported Wednesday by the St. Paul Pioneer Press and obtained by The Associated Press, she received a $215,000 buyout that was in her contract for termination without cause. When the university announced the change on March 2, athletic director Mark Coyle framed the decision as mutual.