MSU football coach Mel Tucker suspended without pay amid report of sexual harassment of rape survivor

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The Detroit News

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker has been suspended without pay amid an investigation of allegations of sexual harassment by a woman who is a prominent rape survivor and activist. MSU athletic director Alan Haller announced the suspension in a Sunday evening news conference. He said MSU secondary coach Harlon Barnett will serve as interim head coach, and Mark Dantonio, Michigan State’s former head coach, has been named an associate head coach. In a report published by USA Today early Sunday morning, just hours after Michigan State’s victory over Richmond in the second game of the season, Tucker…

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