Utah State University fires athletics director less than a week after terminating head football coach
- The Aggies also fired two other top figures within their athletic department
- Anderson’s comments were made ahead of the 2021 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl
- A student settled with the school after filing a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse in 2021
The Utah State Aggies have fired their athletic director, just days after parting ways with their head coach of the American football team over alleged violations of university policy under Title IX.
On Monday, Amy Crosbie, who served as Executive Associate Athletics Director for Internal Affairs/Senior Woman Administrator at the school for the past five years, was fired, according to The Cache Valey Daily.
She was fired following a series of resignations that included head coach of the football program Blake Anderson, Associate Vice President & Deputy Athletic Director of External Affairs Jerry Bovee and Director of Player Development and Community Austin Albrecht.
The university said its decision followed a “thorough external investigation into alleged noncompliance with the university’s Title IX policy, which requires full and timely reporting of disclosures of sexual misconduct — including domestic violence — and prohibits employees from independently investigating disclosures of sexual misconduct.”
Amy Crosbie has been fired from Utah State, despite the school not releasing a statement
The Aggies parted ways with Blake Anderson earlier this month after he failed to follow university policies regarding sexual misconduct complaints.
In December 2021, Anderson apologized for telling players on the soccer team that “being a victim of sexual assault has never been more glamorous.”
Footage of Anderson’s team speech surfaced that year before Utah State played Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.
The viral clip was also cited in a lawsuit filed by Kaytriauna Flint, a student who claims the university mishandled her 2019 report of sexual assault by one of her football players. Flint ultimately settled with the school in court for $500,000.
On Tuesday, Utah State declined to comment on whether Crosbie’s firing was related to firings related to alleged violations of the university’s Title IX policy, The Cache Valey Daily reported.
However, Bovee claimed he failed to report any past misconduct, including Anderson’s comments.
Kaytriauna Flint sued Utah State after alleging she was sexually assaulted as a student in 2019
Referring to Crosbie, he posted on X on Monday: “Just learned that one of the best people I have worked with was fired late today from her (sic) role as SWA with Utah State Athletics.
“The student-athlete experience for just over 400 young people just took a turn for the worse. Amy Crosbie will be missed.”
At Utah State, Crosbie was responsible for overseeing code enforcement, academic performance, strength and conditioning training, and Title IX compliance, along with other duties that included sports oversight of gymnastics, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s track and field/cross country, and volleyball.
She was also responsible for advancing the representation of women in college sports leadership and management.
Former USU football player Torrey Green was convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing six women
Crosbie was in her second stint with USU Athletics. She previously served as an administrator for the Aggies for seven years, and then served as Senior Associate Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Weber State University from 2010 to 2019.
In July 2019, Crosbie returned to Utah State.
Utah State was previously involved in a scandal involving Torrey Green, who was convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing six women between 2013 and 2015 while he was on the university’s football team.
Four women reported to police that they had been assaulted by Green, but no charges were filed until afterward. The Salt Lake Tribune published a story about the case.