Amidst recent controversy regarding treatment toward supposed lesbian basketball players and a settled lawsuit that followed, Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland resigned Thursday.
Portland faced several discrimination allegations during her stay in Happy Valley, most notably a lawsuit settled with former guard Jennifer Harris, who claimed the coach had a "no-lesbian" policy on her team.
Early this season, Portland became the ninth women's basketball coach to win 600 games at one school. She leaves with two years left on her contract, and one year removed from the Harris' situation, which drew national interest and led to a damaging investigative piece against Portland on ESPN.
The Phanatic Magazine's Jared Trexler will have a look at the decision's societal impact later in the day.
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