Undermined by Parents, Coach Fights Back thru Courts

Oct 16, 2004

Complaints from parents about the playing time of their sons and daughters come with the territory when you coach high school sports. But a lawsuit in Utah claims that such animosity crossed the line when some parents made "untrue and defamatory" comments about a girls' basketball coach.   Plaintiff Michael O'Connor, who was fired as the Lehi High School girls' basketball coach, alleged as much in a $1.5 million lawsuit he filed in 4th District Court last month.   O'Connor named 30 def
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