Coach Loses Argument that District Needed ‘Just Cause’ To Fire Him

A Michigan state appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a trial court, finding that a district’s decision not to renew the coaching contracts of a district employee did not violate the collective bargaining agreement the district has with its employees.   Specifically, the court wrote that “nothing in the CBA overcomes the clear and unambiguous language of the extra-duty (coaching) contracts that the latter were for a definite term and contained no rights of renewal.”   The app