Fired Coach Points to NCAA Findings in Breach of Contract Suit Against Employer

A college football coach, who was fired last year for violating NCAA rules, has sued his former employer, after the NCAA found that he did not violate its rules.   Billy Joe had coached at Florida A&M University for 11 years, accumulating an 86-46-0 record when FAMU fired him on June 14.   "We truly regret having to make this move today,” FAMU Interim Athletic Director E. Newton Jackson, Ph.D said at the time. “Coach Joe and his staff have given many years of quality service to the