Nevada soccer coach Jaime Frias hasn’t been in town for that long, but already has plans for the program.

“Short term, we’d like to win our conference championship and make the NCAA tournament,” Frias said. “Long term, we just want to build a successful program here and eventually become a top-25 team in the nation.”

Testimony concluded Monday in the whistle-blower hearing involving the University of Nevada, Reno and former soccer coach Terri Patraw.

Former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw gave testimony Thursday in the third day of her whistle blower hearing against the University of Nevada, Reno.
Patraw is suing for her job back after saying she was fired Aug. 28 for reporting NCAA violations against men’s golf coach Ric

Five months since her termination, Terri Patraw will tell her side of the story in the scheduled final day of a whistle blower hearing Thursday.

Patraw is suing the University of Nevada, Reno, saying she was fired Aug. 28 for reporting NCAA rule violations.

The hearing was supposed to conclude last Wednesday, but Associate Athletic Director Cindy Fox’s testimony lasted two hours longer than expected.

Director of Athletics Cary Groth and Executive Associate Athletics Director Cindy Fox testified Wednesday denying complaints in a whistle blower hearing for former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw.
The hearing will finish up next Thursday as Patraw has yet to testify.

Seven witnesses testified Tuesday in the whistle blower hearing detailing the termination of former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw.

Patraw is suing the University of Nevada, Reno for her job back saying she was fired Aug. 28 for reporting NCAA violations for other Nevada athletic programs.

The hearing for former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw against the University of Nevada, Reno begins today and will go through tomorrow.

Bill Kockenmeister, the hearing officer, has a month to determine Patraw’s fate. Patraw said she was fired for reporting NCAA rule violations for other Nevada athletic programs. She wants her job back and financial restitution.

If Patraw’s motion is dismissed, the ruling is easy – Patraw doesn’t get her job back.

Today former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw will try to get her job back. The University of Nevada, Reno will try to justify its actions for firing Patraw.

Patraw said she was fired Aug. 28 for reporting NCAA rule violations for other Nevada athletic programs.

University motion reveals salary issues, police documents

Former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw was upset that she was getting paid less than the Nevada softball coach, prompting a resignation and eventual termination last August, court documents revealed.

The court documents also went into more detail about an alledged relationship Patraw had with former assistant men’s basketball coach Dedrique Taylor.

A state hearing officer denied Sunday the University of Nevada, Reno’s motion to dismiss the whistleblower complaint of former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw.

A public hearing will take place on Jan. 17.

Nevada State Personnel Commission administrative hearing officer Bill Kockenmeister also ruled that Patraw and her lawyer, Jeffrey Dickerson, can tack on sexual harassment allegations to the original complaint and granted a motion for discovery that will allow Dickerson to build a case by interviewing people involved.

Former Nevada soccer coach Terri Patraw filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging she was terminated in August by director of athletics Cary Groth in retaliation for complaining about discrimination against the soccer team and for reporting NCAA violations allegedly committed by other coaches in the athletic department.

The Nevada soccer team’s 1-0 loss to Fresno State in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday was the exclamation to a sad truth. The true victims of former soccer head coach Terri Patraw’s firing back in August ended up being the players and assistants that had to carry on after.

Nevada freshman goalkeeper Marie Cove received a red card in Sunday’s game against the Fresno State Bulldogs for colliding with a Fresno player. According to head coach Antoinette Marjanovic, whenever a foul is committed by the last player between the goal and the ball, the fouling player automatically receives a red card.

The Nevada women’s soccer team finished the regular season on a down note on Sunday as it fell to the Fresno State Bulldogs 3-1. Fresno State midfielder Amanda Rayes scored first just under 30 minutes into the game as she came down the center and kicked a bouncing goal over freshman Pack keeper Marie Cove’s head.

If competing in one college sport isn’t hard enough, try doing two and see what you think. If you need help, just ask Sarah Hunt for her method to balancing a 16-credit schedule, soccer and softball, as well as coaching a traveling softball team in the spring. Hunt will respond in two words.

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