Seventh Circuit: School Board Was Within Its Right To Fire Coach

The 7th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, which granted summary judgment to a school district that was sued by a disgruntled coach, whose contract was not renewed.   Plaintiff Thomas Ott was hired on a one-year contract to teach special education and coach the boys' football and girls' basketball teams at Edinburgh High School in Indiana for the 2001-2002 academic year.   Ott was hired, in spite of the fact that he had a criminal record, which he