After receiving the email, Hardie recommended Harlow be placed on administrative leave while an independent investigator completed an investigation as is the protocol at Chaffey.

However, because Harlow drove one of the vans home from the game alone, each remaining van had more than seven passengers and one student did not have a seat belt, thereby violating college policy.Ĭory Schwartz, interim dean of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Athletics, Interim Athletic Director Jeff Klein, and Susan Hardie, director of human resources received an anonymous email, purportedly from a parent, reporting that Harlow jeopardized the safety of student-athletes at the 2017 game. Notably, Chaffey Community College policy prohibits more than seven passengers in a van transporting student-athletes. However, Harlow revealed that because he was experiencing a panic attack, he drove the van about 40 miles to take his medication. According to school policy, coaches are responsible for ensuring all athletes have transportation to and from sporting events. A written report to Interim Athletic Director Jeff Klein proclaimed that Harlow was ejected for arguing with an official and using profanity.Īfter being ejected, Harlow left Santa Ana in a van he had used to bring the student-athletes to the game. Bishop declared that his decision not to hire Harlow for the 2017-2018 baseball season was predicated on the results of an independent investigation regarding a baseball game between Chaffey and Santa Ana Community College. Harlow’s agreement ended in 2017 when, Eric Bishop, the vice president of student services at the time, made the decision not to offer Harlow the head coach position for the 2017-2018 baseball season. Each year the position was promoted as a temporary, non-faculty position for a fixed term, terminable at any time without cause at the sole discretion of the community college. From 2004 through 2017, Harlow was annually hired for the season-long position of baseball head coach. Jeff Harlow entered into an employment agreement with Chaffey Community College for the position of Professional Expert-Head Coach, Baseball for January 15, 2004, through May 31, 2004. By John Miller, Ph.D., sports law professor at the University of Southern Mississippi

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