Morton Is Fired at Wisconsin

Don Morton was fired as football coach at the University of Wisconsin, and said he would not accept another assignment at the school.

The school’s Athletic Board voted 10-0 with one abstention to fire Morton. UW Chancellor Donna Shalala, who accepted the board’s recommendation, said the school would exercise a reassignment clause in Morton’s contract.

Morton, at a news conference 30 minutes after informing his players that he had been fired, said, “I have not accepted anything.”

Morton has two years remaining on a contract that paid him a base salary of $113,280 and an estimated outside income of $100,000.

Morton compiled a 6-27 record in three years.