Head Women’s Softball Coach Sues Southern Illinois University for Discrimination and Gender Bias
By Dr. Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer
On August 31, 2023, softball coach Shannon Guthrie filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Southern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville (SIUE) for discrimination, bias and gender stereotypes in the school’s assessment of her application for employment as the Head Softball Coach at SIUE. Coach Guthrie’s, who currently coaches soft