California State University at Fresno has agreed to pay some $600,000 to settle a complaint by its softball coach, Margie Wright, that it retaliated against her when she pushed for equal treatment of female athletes, according to The Fresno Bee. Ms. Wright had filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, but she did not pursue a lawsuit.

Under the terms of the settlement, the university would pay Ms. Wright $157,000 outright, would cover her legal fees of $45,000, and would increase the value of her retirement and other benefits.

The settlement is the latest in a series reached between the university and a number of female athletics officials who have accused it of sex discrimination against them or their players or both. One month ago, Fresno State agreed to pay $9-million to a former women’s basketball coach who said she had been fired in 2005 because of sex bias. Last fall, the university paid $3.5-million to settle a lawsuit filed by a former associate athletics director. —Andrew Mytelka