Former Strength Reaches Settlement with SDSU after Protracted Litigation

San Diego State University reached a settlement with Dave Ohton, its former strength coach, last month for $2.7 million.   Ohton had claimed he was fired after he cooperated with investigators, who were looking into improprieties within the SDSU athletic department.   In the winter of 2003, Ohton’s had provided a written document in response to an internal audit of the department, in which he wrote:   "I did not travel at all this past year [the 2002-03 season], and I heard the