Court: University Followed Proper Protocol in Firing Coach

A Mississippi state appeals court closed the door on the former head football coach at Alcorn State University (ASU), affirming a lower court’s decision not to take up his claim that he was unjustly terminated from his position by the university.   Ernest T. Jones entered into an employment contract with ASU on August 11, 2008. The contract read, in pertinent part:   “The Employee is hereby employed as Head Football Coach and Instructor . . . at ASU . . . for the period beginning J