Judge Lets Stand Assistant Coach’s Claim Against Tubby Smith

A Minnesota state court judge has left partially intact a lawsuit brought against a basketball coach, who alleged that University of Minnesota Head Basketball Coach Tubby Smith promised him an assistant coach job in 2007 and then withdrew the offer after the plaintiff had already given notice that he was leaving for UM.   Jimmy Williams, then an assistant at Oklahoma State University, had initially sued Smith for more than $50,000 in damages, claiming he quit his job at OSU based on the pro