Coach Wins Reverse-Bias Suit Against U. of California-Stanislaus

A men's basketball coach who sued his former college for reverse discrimination has won more than half a million dollars in a California court.

A jury in Stanislaus County Superior Court ruled in April that race had played a role when California State University-Stanislaus allowed Mike Terpstra's contract to expire. Mr. Terpstra, who is white, coached at Stanislaus for two years, until the summer of 2003.

In November 2003 he sued the California State University System's Board of

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