While Michigan State’s football program has been very tight-lipped about numerous ongoing sexual assault investigations surrounding the team, the head coach and the school’s athletic director won’t be able to do so this week when they address their superiors.
Per MLive.com, Mark Dantonio and AD Mark Hollis are both scheduled to appear in front of the MSU Board of Trustees to address several matters on Monday. While there will be plenty of routine matters discussed like the program’s upcoming budget, a school spokesperson confirmed that they would also brief the board on other “athletic issues.” As the paper notes, this should be the first time that both of the men will discuss with the board the sprawling sexual assault investigations and allegations involving several members of the football team.
It has been a newsworthy offseason for the Spartans despite not confirming much in the way of details to the media on various fronts. The school did dismiss DE Auston Robertson after he was charged with criminal sexual conduct. Another sexual assault investigation led to the dismissal of previously suspended coaching staff member Curtis Blackwell at the end of May as well and a Title IX probe found several football players violated school policy.
Michigan State’s president did address many of the allegations in an update last month that was posted publicly but it’s been otherwise quiet in East Lansing as the heart of the offseason takes place. Monday’s meeting is expected to be a closed-door affair but either way, it will represent the first real update on what’s going on from the Spartans’ top athletic brass to the school’s governing body.