The University of San Francisco has fired baseball coach Nino Giarratano, who is accused of “persistent psychological abuse and repeated inappropriate sexual conduct” in a recent class-action lawsuit.
The school announced Giarratano’s firing Sunday, two days after the lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court. USF previously had suspended Giarratano and former assistant coach Troy Nakamura, who also was named in the lawsuit. Nakamura was fired in January.
USF athletic director Joan McDermott cited “new allegations” from the lawsuit and also said in a statement that Giarratano allowed Nakamura on the field this past week.
“When the university first became aware of the complaints by students and families about the environment and behavior of coaches in the baseball program, we immediately conducted an internal investigation that led to the firing of Troy Nakamura and official reprimand of…
