SAN DIEGO — The University of San Diego announced Wednesday that their Executive Director of Athletics, Bill McGillis will be leaving the school for "another professional opportunity."
McGillis has led the USD Athletics programs since 2016 after coming to San Diego from the University of Southern Mississippi.
“I want to thank Bill McGillis for his tireless efforts on behalf of USD, as well as his dedicated support of our student-athletes,” said USD President James T. Harris III DEd said in a story posted on the USD school website. “We wish Bill, his wife Margie and their family the very best.”
“My wife, Margie, and I decided that now is the right time to step away, hit reset and embark on exciting new opportunities that are ahead,” said McGillis in the school's statement.
The timing of the announcement follows a lawsuit filed against the school by a former football player. Just last week, a freshman quarterback at the University of San Diego filed a lawsuit claiming sexual hazing by football players inside on-campus locker rooms. In the lawsuit, the former player alleges he was forced to participate in a so-called "rookie show" inside the USD locker room where upper-class football players drank booze and used drugs, while about 30 rookies were coerced to perform graphic sexual acts and dance naked.
In the school's announcement, it made no mention of the lawsuit. The school says the investigation is ongoing and wouldn't comment any further.
Earlier this year, the former USD Head Football Coach Dale Lindsey said he was fired, where McGillis and the school claimed that he had retired.
McGlllis had recently been named a recipient of the 2023 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Cushman & Wakefield Athletics Director of the Year Award in the Football Championship Subdivision.
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