Former University of Cincinnati Coach Faces a ‘Bearcat’ of a Time in Federal Court
By Robert J. Romano, JD LLM, Sports Law Professor at St. John’s University
In May of 2021, former University of Cincinnati Men’s Basketball Coach John Brannen, filed a lawsuit against the University, Director of Athletics John Cunningham, and President Neville Pinto, in Federal District Court, Southern District of Ohio. As per his complaint, Coach Brannen claims the defendants deprived him of his constitutionally protected procedural and substantive due process rights by terminating him â