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Niles West Boys Swimming Coach Suspended for Year
Daniel Vander Jeugdt admitted to breaking a district rule.
SKOKIE, IL - Niles West High School boys swimming coach Daniel Vander Jeugdt was suspended for the entire season after admitting to breaking a rule.
The coach is expected to return for the 2017-18 season, but officials at the school are offering no details, according to a Skokie Review report.
The year-long suspension enacted by the Niles Township High School District 219 board of education does not affect Vander Jeugdt’s position as a physical welfare teacher at the school.
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The boys swimming team will be coached by Jason Macejak, the girls swimming coach at the school, in the interim.
Vander Jeugdt has been at Niles West as a teacher and coach since 2000.
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