October 22, 2007

Jury Awards $2-Million to Black Coach Who Blamed Dismissal on Racial Bias

By Brad Wolverton

A state-court jury in Louisiana awarded $2-million last week to a former head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette who said he had been fired because of his race.

Jerry L. Baldwin, one of only a handful of African-American head coaches in a big-time football program, was dismissed in 2001 after his teams compiled a 6-27 win-loss record during his three seasons on the job. University lawyers said the coach's poor record and low attendance at the team's

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