Community College District Properly Categorized Coach Before Firing Him

A California state appeals court has reversed a lower court, finding that a community college district acted appropriately when it “summarily terminated the employment” of a basketball coach.   The central dispute was whether plaintiff Jeff Theiler, a basketball coach in the Ventura County Community College District, should be classified as a temporary employee or contract employee, which would have entitled him to relief under his due process claim.   The court noted that each sem