College Wrestling Coach Quits, Sues, and Loses

By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Robert Zenie was hired by the College of Mount Saint Vincent (“CMSV”) in 2015 as the wrestling coach and an assistant athletic director.  He was then 46 years old.  At the time he had “little or no experience working in collegiate athletics, whether in an administrative capacity or as a head coach” (Zenie v. Coll. Of Mount Saint Vincent, S.D.N.Y., Case No. 18-CV-4659 (JMF), at 1/2, (“Zenie v. CSMV”), (9-14-2020)).  By 2017, Zenie was