Former Texas Southern Basketball Coach Wins Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

A federal jury has awarded the former women's basketball coach at Texas Southern University $730,000 after she successfully demonstrated that the school retaliated against her, after she complained about gender discrimination and advocated for gender equity. Plaintiff Surina Dixon was hired in March 2008 by interim athletic director Johnnie Cole and school president John Rudley. She was subsequently fired a few months later by new athletic director Charles McClelland.   She sued in Septemb