Meeting with James Franklin preceded team doctor’s firing, supervisor says

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About a month before Dr. Scott Lynch learned he was out at Penn State, his supervisor met with head football coach James Franklin.

Penn State football head coach James Franklin's role in the 2019 firing of the team's doctor is being debated in Dauphin County Court.as Penn State football’s orthopedic consultant and the athletic department’s medical director, Lynch’s supervisor at Penn State Health said he met with head coach James Franklin.

Dr. Kevin Back, who was chief of orthopedics at Penn State Health, testified Friday he was called to State College in early 2019 by then-athletic director Sandy Barbour to meet with Franklin in a football building office.

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