The Texas Supreme Court has denied an appeal by the former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach in a wrongful-termination lawsuit against the university, the Associated Press reports. The ruling comes more than two years after the university fired the coach over allegations that he had mistreated a player, and a year after an appeals court ruled Texas Tech was largely immune to the lawsuit. The coach has denied the allegations and asserted his dismissal was related to an $800,000 bonus he was due the day after his firing. Mr. Leach was recently hired to coach at Washington State University.
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