Court Dismisses Retaliation Claim Against Coach

A federal judge has granted summary judgment to a high school basketball coach, who was accused of retaliating against a student-athlete for comments made by his mother.   Specifically, the court found that the plaintiffs, the mother and son, could not show a causal connection between the mother’s comments and Head Coach David Edinger’s decision to cut the player from the varsity basketball team.   The incident leading to the litigation occurred when the coach had a verbal altercat