Newsstand: Jon Sanderson filed HR claim following altercation with Juwan Howard
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According to The Athletic writer Brendan Quinn’s reporting, Michigan strength and conditioning coach Jon Sanderson filed an HR claim following his altercation with head basketball coach Juwan Howard last Thursday, leading to a HR review on the conflict. Sanderson was not at Michigan’s game at Iowa Sunday or practices this week.
An excerpt from The Athletic‘s report on the matter:
According to three team and university sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly on internal university personnel issues, Sanderson filed an HR claim following a heated dispute with Howard on Dec. 7.
For Howard, the Wolverines’ fifth-year head coach, the overarching issue with such an HR review is that his employment at Michigan is under a “zero-tolerance policy” instituted by the university stemming from a postgame skirmish at Wisconsin in February 2022.
The confrontation between Howard and Sanderson stemmed from a disagreement between an athletic trainer and senior guard Jace Howard, Juwan’s 22-year-old son. Jace Howard has not played this season with a stress fracture in his right knee and tibia, and questioned why he’s yet to be cleared to play.
Sanderson became involved in that dispute, and he and Juwan Howard exchanged words. According to a combination of witnesses and individuals briefed on the matter, no punches were thrown, but things became heated to the point where the two were separated.
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