Washington State University Settles Former Football Player’s Procedural Due Process Claim for $275,000

Washington State University has settled a 2018 lawsuit filed by an ex-football player against former football Head Coach Mike Leach and university officials after the defendants dismissed him from the team and revoked his scholarship because of a shoplifting arrest, which was later dismissed. Whitman County Superior Court Judge Gary Libey deemed the $275,000 judgment “a proper and just settlement.” By way of background, Washington State University football player Zaire Webb was arreste