Details emerge against former coach

Rich Rodriguez’s tenure as Arizona football coach sounds like an outdated movie about a fraternity house, at least according to the details in his accuser’s $7.5 million notice of claim.

A woman who worked for Rodriguez as an administrative assistant has filed the claim, which basically is a notice that a lawsuit is forthcoming, with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. The school fired Rodriguez on Tuesday night. The school president sent a letter to students, faculty and staff stating this woman’s claim of sexual harassment against Rodriguez could not be confirmed by the university, but other information found during the investigation led to the decision to fire the coach.

Some of the details in the claim, as reported by the Tucson Star, include:

“The Hideaway Book” and the “Triangle of Secrecy” were set up to help hide Rodriguez’s misdeeds. The woman was part of the triangle, and repeatedly expected to cover for Rodriguez while he had an extramarital affair.

Players on the team sent the woman pictures of their genitals and when she asked Rodriguez to intervene, he ignored her.

The woman caught Rodriguez “ogling” her and said, “No, you can’t do that … that’s not cool,” but she claims his behavior only got worse.

Other coaches made inappropriate comments about the woman’s clothing and her daughter, who also worked for the football team, saying her daughter was having sex with players.

Rodriguez called the woman into his office and was “grasping his penis beneath his basketball shorts” during a conversation.