Rutgers University has fired its women's swimming and diving coach amid mental and verbal abuse allegations.
Petra Martin's dismissal came Thursday after athletics director Patrick Hobbs met with the team on Wednesday.
"[T]he coach and the Director of Athletics mutually agreed that it was in the best interest of the program for the coach to resign," Rutgers said in a statement.
Hobbs, in an interview with NJ.com, declined to address specifics and said the university hasn't finalized details of Martin's salary for the remaining three years of her contract.
In an email, Martin wrote she was advised not to comment. She said she was troubled by the allegations because "they are not true."
Rutgers' statement said an investigation of claims against the coach "did not reveal any violation of university policy."
Martin has been accused of telling swimmers to lose weight, verbally berating them and ignoring mental health concerns.
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