Former Coach’s Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Is Doomed by Lack of Evidence

A federal judge from the Eastern District of New York has granted Hofstra University’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the former head coach of the men’s and women’s tennis teams at the university, who alleged that he had been discriminated against on the basis of his gender.   Plaintiff Jeffrey Menaker was hired by Hofstra University in January 2016. As part of the hire, he inherited the "annual allocation of athletic scholarship funds to members of the tennis teams" from his