July 4, 2008
Mississippi Jury Awards $1.2-Million to Coaches
A state jury awarded almost $1.2-million to three former soccer coaches at the University of Southern Mississippi, all men, who said they had been subjected to sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, and lack of due process when the university fired them, according to the Hattiesburg American.
The lawsuit accused the university and several of its officials of seeking the coaches' dismissal because they "preferred to have a woman coaching the women's soccer team." One coach said a
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