BO SCHEMBECHLER

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ANN ARBOR, MI – The Bo Schembechler statue was vandalized this week with paint and a message insinuating he knew about the sexual abuse committed on his players by the former team doctor. Here is that headline and some more you might have missed this week.

The Bo Schembechler statue outside of Schembechler Hall on the University of Michigan campus was vandalized with red paint and graffiti on Wednesday.

Also known as the Michigan “Superfan,” he goes to the graves of past Michigan football icons in a solemn show of respect. The annual “grave walk” has taken on new meaning, however. The first years of the grave walk did not even involve Schembechler since it started before he died in 2006. “Whatever one thinks of Bo Schembechler, it doesn’t matter,” Goldman said in June. With all this in mind: what is the point of the grave walk moving forward?

The Bo Schembechler statue on the University of Michigan campus was vandalized overnight with red paint and a message of support.

ANN ARBOR, MI - The Bo Schembechler statue was vandalized in Ann Arbor early Wednesday morning with red paint and a message insinuating the late University of Michigan football coach knew about sexual abuse perpetuated by former team doctor, Robert Anderson. The unknown person also spray-painted the message “Bo Knew” and “#hailtothevictims” next to the statue. Almost 1,200 rapes reported to UM last year were related to Anderson’s abuse, according to a campus safety report. This summer, former players started coming out alleging Schembechler knew about Anderson’s abuse. The fact that Schembechler knew does affect his legacy, Vaughn said, but Vaughn’s focus is on the university fixing sexual violence on campus.

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ANN ARBOR, MI -- Students gathered Saturday at the statue of famed football coach Bo Schembechler on the University of Michigan campus to protest the university’s handling of allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct policies. Members of the Michigan Students Against Sexual Assault, who organized the protest, said they want to hold officials accountable for decades of sexual abuse by the late athletic physician Robert Anderson. Birks was among a dozen people who attended the protest, including students from the University of Michigan, other colleges, and a few high schoolers. “So far, what we’ve gotten is lacking,” said incoming University of Michigan freshman Sam Stchur. “There’s so much more we could do.”Stchur said he was particularly moved by the allegations from Matt Schembechler, who accused his father of dismissing his claims of sexual abuse from Anderson.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Dozens of students are planning to surround the Bo Schembechler statue on the University of Michigan campus on Saturday to protest the university’s sexual misconduct policies. Specifically, the protest organizers want to “raise awareness” for UM students on the university’s handling of late athletic doctor Robert Anderson’s sexual abuse between the late 1960s and early 2000s, said organizer Maddy Birks. Michigan Students Against Sexual Assault will gather at 2 p.m. on Aug. 7. in front of the statue next to Schembechler Hall, 1200 S. State St. Richard Goldman, one of Anderson’s victims, said during a June press conference that he told Schembechler of Anderson’s abuse. Read more University of Michigan news:Union leader says University of Michigan lecturers could leave due to vaccine mandateCOVID-19 outbreaks at University of Michigan last year mostly stayed on campus, study saysUniversity of Michigan students are back this fall and here’s their plan for moving in

ANN ARBOR, MI – The artist who crafted the bronze statue of legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler is choosing to stay neutral in the debate about the artwork’s future. The 7-foot-tall statue of Schembechler that has stood outside Michigan Stadium since 2014, was commissioned as part of the renovation of Schembechler Hall. “We tried to put all of those things into the statue.”A statue of Bo Schembechler outside the University of Michigan's newly renovated Schembechler Hall, Friday, April 18, 2014. Since Matt Schembechler and others have come forward alleging Schembechler knew about Anderson’s conduct, others have come to Bo’s defense, including his wife, Cathy, and son, Glenn. A fight for the legendary Michigan football coach’s legacyWho knew?

The ongoing scandal has gained national attention with claims that legendary UM football coach Bo Schembechler may have been aware of Anderson’s abuse and failed to report it. A fight for the legendary Michigan football coach’s legacyHere is a timeline detailing Anderson’s career — where and when he worked, as well as key dates in the sexual abuse investigation. AG Nessel would investigate University of Michigan doctor’s sexual abuse only if school cooperatesJuly 2020: The first female survivor of Anderson publicly comes forward. May 2021: WilmerHale releases its report on Anderson, which reveals that UM officials knew of alleged sexual abuse by Anderson and could have brought his abuse to an end. A deeper look into report on University of Michigan doctor’s sexual abuse

“My heart and my mind both tell me no,” said Patrick “Tony” Leoni, who played football at Michigan from 1976 to 1979. They both claim that Schembechler told them he’d look into it — but they never heard anything after that. The Michigan football coach wanted someone from the FBI office to speak to his teams during preseason camp about illegal sports gambling. Vaughn was one of the first former football players to come forward publicly as a victim of Anderson. To this day, Vaughn says, he thinks of Bo Schembechler as a “man who personally did harm to me, but personally gave me tools that I carry into my life.

Local 4 is learning more of the 800-plus former University of Michigan athletes who have come forward accusing Dr. Robert Anderson of sexual abuse during exams.

More than 100 former Michigan football players, coaches, staff members and administrators have attached their name to a letter distributed earlier this week defending the legacy of Bo Schembechler. More: Wife, son: ‘Bo had a clear and compelling sense of right and wrong’More than 100 former #Michigan football players, coaches and staff members — including former AD Jim Hackett — have attached their name to a letter defending Bo Schembechler. Schembechler’s own son, Matt, recently said he was the victim of sexual abuse involving Anderson — and told his father about it in 1969. Jim Harbaugh did not attach his name, despite defending Schembechler earlier this month in an interview with reporters. On Wednesday, Jon Vaughn, another former Michigan football player who said he was abused by Anderson, but declined to tell Schembechler about it, called on Michigan to allow the state attorney general Dana Nessel to investigate the claims.

People gathered Wednesday morning outside Michigan Stadium to demand the University of Michigan launch a full investigation into the allegations of sexual abuse committed by the late Dr. Robert Anderson.

Former athletes are urging the University of Michigan’s governing board to launch a full investigation of sexual abuse committed by a late doctor and how the school failed to stop him during his decades on campus.

Former athletes on Wednesday urged the University of Michigan’s governing board to launch a full investigation of sexual abuse committed by a late doctor and how the school failed to stop him during his decades on campus.

Jim Brandstatter, the Michigan football play-by-play announcer is defending Bo Schembechler against allegations that the late Michigan football coach knew about athletes being sexually abused by Dr. Robert Anderson.

The family of Bo Schembechler released a letter Tuesday, defending him from recent criticism surrounding his handling of claims about a former university doctor’s abuse.

Bo’s statue stood silent in the hot sun Friday. No one came to admire or protest it. The same goes for Schembechler Hall, despite his own son relaying his traumatic story Thursday.

Here's everything you need to know about what Bo Schembechler’s son and two former University of Michigan football players said about Dr. Robert Anderson's abuse and the legendary coach's handling of the situation.

He said he was just 10 years old when former University of Michigan doctor Robert Anderson molested him during a physical exam in 1969.

More: Jim Harbaugh’s defense of Bo prompted Michigan teammate to disclose sexual abuse“It wasn’t just Bo Schembechler that allowed that predator to persist for all them years,” Kwiatkowski said. They were made to feel shamed and embarrassed, and all three said they told Bo Schembechler at different points of his legendary coaching career at Michigan. “From this point forward, make sure that none of these kids — kids that come in for camps, kids that come in to play for Michigan — are assaulted again,” said Johnson, who played at Michigan from 1982 to 1986. “They threw a blanket apology, but (I want) an apology for us — the victims,” Johnson said. As for the statue and building name, Schembechler told MLive after the news conference that he could not be more apathetic with what the university decides.

Matt Schembechler said he believes the abuse continued for so long because of a culture that placed the university’s reputation above student safety.

Jim Harbaugh says the Bo Schembechler he knew never would have looked the other way on claims of sexual abuse. Schembechler, Johnson said, told the Detroit native “he would check on that with the medical staff.”Johnson never heard back from his coach on the issue. “Other players told me not to bring it up with Bo again, that Bo might pull my scholarship. That’s the Bo Schembechler that I know.”Those comments — whether true or not — helped convince Johnson to come forward and tell his story publicly. “He’s the coach at Michigan now — with a huge distance between he and Bo and the way it was.

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One of legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler’s sons and two of his former players have described in detail how they were molested by the team’s longtime doctor and how Schembechler turned a blind eye when they told him about it.

NOVI, Mich. — The son of legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler says he was sexually abused by the late doctor Robert Anderson, and he told his father about it. “It is a deeply personal story of abuse and betrayal, a story of mistrust in a doctor and betrayal of my father,” Schembechler said, reading from a statement while seated next to his Okemos-based attorney, Mick Grewal. Schembechler, now 62 years old and living in Ann Arbor, said he was sent to Anderson as a fourth-grader gearing up to play junior football. In fact, Matt Schembechler says, Bo did just the opposite. “We are committed to resolving their claims and to continuing the court-guided confidential mediation process.”

Matt Schembechler, son of Bo Schembechler says dad knew he and others were sexually abused by U of M doctor, dr. Anderson but did nothing.

Matt Schembechler, son of Bo Schembechler says dad knew he and others were sexually abused by U of M doctor, dr. Anderson but did nothing.

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Matt Schembechler and former University of Michigan football players Daniel Kwiatkowski and Gilvanni Johnson discuss sexual abuse claims against Dr. Robert Anderson during a press conference Thursday.

Matt Schembechler, 62, is set to speak at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 10.

Matt Schembechler says the iconic football coach did nothing to stop Dr. Robert Anderson. A report done for the University of Michigan report says Anderson abused hundreds over decades.

Matt Schembechler, 62, is set to speak at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 10.

Lawyers say a son of legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler was among the hundreds of men who were sexually assaulted by a campus doctor.

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The adopted son of Bo Schembechler will go public Thursday with claims that he, too, was sexually assaulted by the late Dr. Robert Anderson. And he says he told the legendary former Michigan football coach about it. Bo Schembechler served as head football coach at Michigan from 1969 to 1989 and director of the athletic department from 1988 to 1990. The public claims from Schembechler’s son come just days after Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh defended Bo Schembechler, telling reporters that “(Bo) never sat on anything.”“Nothing was ever swept under the rug or ignored,” Harbaugh said. That’s the Bo Schembechler that I know.”Harbaugh’s father, Jack, was an assistant coach under Bo Schembechler at Michigan.

The son of legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler said he will come forward with evidence against his father in the case of a university doctor believed to have sexually abused hundreds of patients.

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh is defending his former coach and mentor, claiming that Bo Schembechler would have never ignored claims of sexual assault involving student-athletes at Michigan. Harbaugh grew up in Ann Arbor, his father, Jack, was an assistant on Schembechler’s staff at Michigan and Harbaugh played at Michigan under Schembechler from 1982 to 1986. It also concluded that university officials, including Schembechler, were made aware of the abuse and did little, if anything, to stop it. That’s the Bo Schembechler that I know. That’s the Bo Schembechler that I know.”Read more on Michigan football:

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Bo Schembechler, who led the team from 1969-89, was vividly told by at least four people that Robert Anderson had molested them during routine physicals or other exams, according to the report commissioned by the university.

A report about a doctor accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of young men at the University of Michigan is pointing an unflattering light at one of the school’s iconic figures.

The WilmerHale law firm report said former University of Michigan Dr. Robert Anderson sexually abused patients on "countless occasions."

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2020, file photo, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh paces the sideline during the second half of the Citrus Bowl NCAA college football game against Alabama in Orlando, Fla. Michigan has decided to stick with Harbaugh. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan has decided to stick with coach Jim Harbaugh, finalizing a new, five-year deal on Friday. Harbaugh is now under contract at Michigan through the 2025 season with his new deal. And when Wisconsin beat the Wolverines 49-11 in 2020, Harbaugh fell to 0-11 in games his team was not favored to win. That left Harbaugh in a bit of a lurch going into the uncertain season with just two years left on his contract.

Despite that complaint and others against Anderson dating back years, Canham failed to take action, the lawsuit claims. FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan shows Dr. Robert E. Anderson. According to the lawsuit, Canham did not act and Anderson retained his position until his retirement in 2003. The lawsuit claims that the University of Michigan gave Anderson unfettered access to thousands of students and athletes, despite the fact that he was demoted in 1979 for sexually preying on students. Three law firms are representing the plaintiffs -- Estey & Bomberger, White Law PLLC, and The Simpson Tuegel Law Firm.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) A man who played football at the University of Michigan sued the school and its board of regents on Monday, alleging the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson sexually abused him. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit is seeking certification to be class action and aims to include anyone else who says they were molested by the school doctor. The plaintiff, identified as John Doe, accuses the university of failing to remove the doctor despite complaints about him dating back decades. Doe, a resident of New York, said he was on an academic scholarship from 1989 to 1993 and played football for the Wolverines. The lawsuit is the latest in a long line of filings facing the university for the way it handled allegations Anderson sexually abused patients from the 1960s until his retirement in 2003.

The announcementPresident Mark Schlissel announced Friday afternoon that Dave Brandon has resigned as Michigan athletic director amid a storm of national scrutiny. Hackett was an offensive lineman at Michigan at the same time as Brandon under legendary coach Bo Schembechler. Brandon took over the Michigan athletic department with one goal in mind: Turn the tradition of the university into profit. Michigan could potentially be interested in the University of Connecticut's athletic director Warde J. Manuel, who served as associate AD at Michigan. Current Arkansas AD Jeff Long also rose to associate AD at Michigan before becoming the top dog at Pittsburgh.

PARK RIDGE, Ill. – According to reports, the Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday that University of Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke was chosen as the Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year. Hoke is the sixth first-year coach to earn the McClain Coach of the Year award, which dates back to 1972. The Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year honor pays tribute to Ohio State's Woody Hayes and Michigan's Bo Schembechler. For more check out MGOBLUE.com