Judge Denies Coach’s Summary Judgment Motion on Due Process Claims

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has denied the summary judgment motion of a former coach, who sued his school district after it hired him and then fired him weeks later after learning of his checkered past.   The plaintiff in the instant case is Fred Jacobeit, who began working for the Board of Education of Rich Township High School District 227 in 1978. In the three decades since he was hired, he has worked in 17 different coaching positions, receiving numerous award