The firing of Katalin Deli, Minnesota’s women’s...
From Staff and Wire Reports
The firing of Katalin Deli, Minnesota’s women’s gymnastics coach, was upheld by Board of Regents Chairman Elton Kuderer.
But Kuderer said Deli and her husband, Gabor, an assistant gymnastics coach, weren’t fired because a videotape showing the couple having sex was seen by the university’s gymnastics teams.
Kuderer called the tape the “triggering mechanism” that compelled Chris Voelz, women’s athletic director, to investigate the Delis’ coaching activities.
He said Katalin Deli was dismissed after 19 years because she violated NCAA rules, encouraged students to lie and disregarded Voelz’s direct orders.
“College athletics are supposed to teach student-athletes to play by the rules,” Kuderer wrote in his decision.
