If assistants got guaranteed contracts that would mean something to them. Coinciding with the state's fiscal year, July 1 thru June 30. So, if an assistant is terminated, they will continue to be paid thru June 30. That will allow them time to find another job throughout the spring and not face financial hardship. That could be the case as long as the coach didn't violate some law or code of ethics that caused the termination. If it was strictly job performance related, then they would be paid for the full year. That would also be true if they found employment prior to June 30.


Otherwise we are talking about the totally meaningless state one-year contracts many state employees have now. There is no guarantee. Louisiana is an "at-will" state and outside of civil service (which needs to be changed) any state employee can be terminated without warning and for "no reason." Usually the state agency (a university) will make some allowance, like pay the employee till the end of the month, if terminated in the middle of it, and will continue to pay that employee for some period of time allowing them to use up unused leave (comp time and annual leave). This mitigates the adverse effects of losing their job.