Former Head Football Coach Vindicated in Breach of Contract Suit

A Florida state court judge has awarded $771,000 to the former head football coach of Bethune-Cookman University, finding that the school breached its contract after it fired the coach in 2009.   However, plaintiff Alvin Wyatt did not get everything he sought. The court held that he failed to prove his age discrimination claim, noting that he had not provided “a shred of evidence” of a discriminatory motive on the part of the school’s former president.   The school’s winningest