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Minnesota Duluth coach Shannon Miller sued the school for discrimination after her contract was not renewed after the 2014-15 season (photo: Brett Groehler).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Minnesota Duluth women\u2019s coach Shannon Miller was awarded $3.74 million by a jury Thursday after an eight-day trial in her lawsuit against the school.<\/p>\n

The Duluth News Tribune<\/em> reported<\/a> that the jury of eight women and four men took a little over four hours to find that UMD discriminated against Miller on the basis of her sex and retaliated against her for making Title IX complaints when officials decided in December 2014 not to offer her a new contract.<\/p>\n

Miller coached at UMD from 1999 to 2015, winning five national titles and going to seven Frozen Fours.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big day for women,\u201d Miller said on the courthouse steps during a news conference. \u201cWomen in general, but especially women in college athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a real rebuke to the leadership of UMD, and to the athletic department in particular,\u201d added Miller’s attorney Dan Siegel. \u201cI hope it\u2019s a new day for this university and this community as women all over the world are saying, \u2018Time\u2019s up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

UMD athletic director Josh Berlo sat at the defense table and UMD chancellor Lendley Black watched from the front row of the public gallery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to say I\u2019m extremely disappointed in this decision and very surprised by the decision,\u201d Black said at a news conference. \u201cI still stand behind the actions that I took at UMD, and know personally why I made the decisions I made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siegel called Miller a \u201crole model for women everywhere\u201d and \u201cthe pride of Duluth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller now lives in Las Vegas and runs a small business with her partner Jen Banford. She hasn’t ruled out coaching again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of men coaching in women\u2019s athletics,\u201d Miller said. \u201cI absolutely see no reason why women can\u2019t coach in men\u2019s athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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