No he was not fired one of his athletes at the meet said he had several things going on that weekend and couldnt be in each place.
As many different version of the story flying around I would say lots of misinformation is being repeated and told a bit differently each time as it went from suspended to fired. Allen doesnt have a good reputation minus DeGrados programs athletically but I would have a hard time believing that a school who has a coach with repeated region, conference, team and individual national titles, plus doesnt cost the school money bringing international runners in. Why would they get rid of that after 8-9 years pretty sure with that time frame they know DeGrado pretty well. Allen has a low cost program that brings in revenue on top of it being the most successful program by far they are not going to fire him. Thats people gossiping. I do however think DeGrado has something cooking and know for a fact he has gotten other offers. I have popcorn ready waiting to see if he takes one of the other offers.