- The Aggies also fired two other high-profile figures in their athletic department.
- Anderson’s comments were made ahead of the 2021 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl
- A student reached a settlement with the school after filing a sexual assault lawsuit in 2021
The Utah State Aggies have fired their athletic director just days after parting ways with their head football coach over alleged failure to comply with the university’s Title IX policies.
On Monday, Amy Crosbie, who served as the ‘Associate Executive Director of Athletics for Internal Affairs/Senior Female Administrator’ for the past five years at the school, was fired, according to The Cache Valley Diary.
She was let go after a series of firings involving the program’s head football coach Blake Anderson, Associate Vice President and Deputy Athletic Director of External Affairs Jerry Bovee, and Director of Player and Community Development Austin Albrecht.
The university said its decision came after a “thorough external review of the alleged failure to comply with university policies implementing Title IX, which require full and timely reporting of disclosures of sexual misconduct, including domestic violence, and prohibit employees from self-investigating disclosures of sexual misconduct.”
Amy Crosbie was fired from her job at Utah State despite the school offering no statement
The Aggies parted ways with Blake Anderson earlier this month following his failure to comply with university rules regarding sexual misconduct complaints.
In December 2021, Anderson apologized for telling players on the football team that “it’s never been more glamorous to be a victim of sexual assault.”
Footage of Anderson’s team talk surfaced that year before Utah State played Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.
The viral clip was also referenced in a lawsuit filed by Kaytriauna Flint, a student who alleges the university mishandled her report of sexual assault involving one of its football players in 2019. Flint eventually settled with the school in court for $500,000.
On Tuesday, Utah State declined to comment on whether Crosbie’s firing was related to dismissals tied to alleged failure to comply with Title IX university policies, according to The Cache Valey Daily.
Bovee, however, said he did not fail to report any past misconduct, including Anderson’s comments.
Kaytriauna Flint sued Utah State after claiming she was sexually assaulted as a student in 2019
Referring to Crosbie, she posted on X on Monday: ‘I just found out that one of the best people I’ve ever worked with was fired late today from her position as SWA at Utah State Athletics.
“The student-athlete experience for over 400 young people just took a step back. Amy Crosbie will be missed.”
At Utah State, Crosbie was charged with overseeing compliance, academics, strength and conditioning, and Title IX compliance, among other duties including athletic oversight of gymnastics, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s track and field and cross country, and volleyball.
She was also responsible for promoting the representation of women in college sports leadership and management.
Former USU football player Torrey Green was convicted of sexually assaulting six women in 2019
Crosbie was in her second stint in USU athletics, having previously spent seven years as an administrator with the Aggies before serving as the Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Women’s Administrator at Weber State University from 2010 to 2019.
In July 2019, Crosbie returned to Utah State.
Utah State was previously involved in a scandal involving Torrey Green, who was convicted in 2019 of sexually assaulting six women between 2013 and 2015 while he was on the university’s football team.
Four women reported to police that they had been assaulted by Green, but no charges were filed until later. The Salt Lake Tribune published a story about the case.