Iowa Field Hockey Players Title IX Complaint: What Are Some of the Issues?

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D.   After a successful, 14 year career as head field hockey coach at the University of Iowa, Tracey Griesbaum was fired last August. In terminating Griesbaum, the University honored the not-for-cause clause in her contract, providing her $200,000 in severance pay. Some of her current and former players, parents of players, and colleagues mobilized on social media to call for her reinstatement. Within the women’s college coaching community, concerns have been ex