Court Dismisses, in Part, Women’s Soccer Coach’s Title IX & First Amendment Claims Against Emporia State University and Its AD

A federal judge in the District of Kansas has dismissed, in part, the Title IX lawsuit brought by the former women’s soccer coach at Emporia State University (ESU), Bryan Sailer. Sailor alleged that ESU violated Title IX when it retaliated against him by terminating his contract in December 2023, after he had complained about sexual discrimination against his team. He also sued the school’s athletics director, David Spafford, on First Amendment grounds. Spafford’s Motion to Dismiss w