Apple to Orange Comparison Dooms Coach’s Reverse Discrimination Claim

A federal judge from the Western District of Tennessee had dismissed a football coach’s claim that his employment contract was not renewed because the school’s principal is African American and he is white.   In so ruling, the court found that the plaintiff had failed to demonstrate that a similarly-situated coach, who was African American, received preferential treatment.   Plaintiff Wayne Randall was a tenured teacher with Memphis City Schools (MCS), a defendant in the case, and