Utah State officially terminates football coach Blake Anderson
Jul 18, 2024, 8:01 PM | Updated: Jul 19, 2024, 10:02 am
Utah State Officially Terminates Football Coach Blake Anderson.(Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
(Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah State announced they are moving forward with the termination of head football coach Blake Anderson after notifying him of their intent to do so early this month.
“This action is based on significant violations of his contractual obligations related to USU’s employee reporting requirements. These reporting requirements include a prohibition on employees outside the USU Office of Equity from investigating issues of sexual misconduct, including domestic violence. Additionally, Anderson failed to manage the team in a manner that reflects USU’s academic values,” read a statement from Utah State University.
Defensive coordinator and defensive ends coach Nate Dreiling will be Utah State’s interim head football coach for the 2024 season.
Blake Anderson at Utah State
In 2021, Blake Anderson issued a public apology after he was caught on a recording by former player Patrick Maddox giving degrading remarks about sexual assault victims. Anderson said in the recording, “It has never been more glamorized to be a victim.”
The conversation included a former Utah State police chief, Earl Morris, who said to the football players that they needed to be careful having sexual relationships with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they may say there wasn’t consent.
Maddox sued Utah State University, but the case was dropped after a settlement was reached.
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