Jury Awards Assistant Coach Million-Dollar Verdict; University Will Appeal

Jun 4, 2010

After an 8-day trial, a jury in the Hennepin County (MN) District Court awarded a former Oklahoma State University basketball assistant coach $1.25 million in his breach of contract trial against the University of Minnesota.   Jimmy Williams was suing the university after men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith verbally offered him a salary job with the team back in 2007. That offer was later rescinded by Athletic Director Joel Maturi after he learned of Williams’ distant past with regard to
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