It was a big, yet incredibly vague, story that led to the departure of a Michigan football on-field staff member last month.
Just as life appeared to be calming in Ann Arbor during a tumultuous January, reports surfaced that quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss was being suspended pending an investigation due to alleged computer access crimes. That in and of itself is a vague term.
It didn’t even take a week and Weiss was terminated with cause, which, we’re now learning was subsequent to him not appearing for a meeting to discuss the investigation with the Michigan athletics brass. Per the Detroit News’ Angelique Chengelis, Weiss’ alleged crimes were inappropriately accessing computer accounts, and when he didn’t defend himself, it was treated as an implicit admission of guilt.
Former Michigan co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss was fired Jan. 20 after it was found during a university investigation review that day that he appeared to “have inappropriately accessed” computer accounts, according to his termination letter.
Weiss was asked to appear at the meeting and was informed in a Jan. 19 memo the investigation was for violations of the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guide (SPG) policies, according to documents obtained Monday by The Detroit News. The memo to Weiss said a summary of the “relevant evidence” was attached, but it was not included in the documents The News requested. Weiss did not appear at the Jan. 19 meeting.
While there’s still no public knowledge about the accounts he’s accused of accessing, and the investigation is ongoing, Michigan has moved on, having promoted offensive analyst Kirk Campbell to the QB coach position.
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