Harvard Fires Coach Who Sold Home to Prospect's Dad

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Harvard University has announced that longtime men's and women's fencing coach Peter Brand has been fired for violating the school's conflict-of-interest policy.

The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that Brand received $989,500 in 2016 for the sale of his suburban Boston home to wealthy businessman Jie Zhao, whose teenage son was subsequently admitted to Harvard and joined the Crimson fencing program. Zhao never lived in the home, which was assessed at the time at $549,300, and sold it a $324,500 loss 17 months later. The Globe described the home as a modest, three-bedroom Colonial in Needham.

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