Coach’s Breach of Contract Suit Is Returned to Trial Court

An Ohio state appeals court has reversed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Ohio Northern University, which was sued by its former head football coach for breach of contract and other claims.   In so ruling, the appeals court found that it was premature to rule on the defendant’s summary judgment motion since the “evidence in the record” had not been sufficiently developed through discovery.   The plaintiff in the case was Thomas A. Kaczkowski, who had joined Ohio Nor