Here's an article which was posted on the UL-Laf. message board. This could get ugly.
Former Ragin' Cajun coach files federal suit
Richard Burgess
Posted on December 3, 2002
LAFAYETTE, LA - Former UL Lafayette head football coach Jerry Baldwin has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was fired because the director of the school's athletics program did not want an African-American in the position.
Baldwin also claims in the lawsuit, filed into the public record Monday, that UL Lafayette Director of Athletics Nelson Schexnayder worked to scuttle the coach's plans to turn the troubled team around.
Baldwin's contract was terminated Nov. 26, 2001. The team's record under Baldwin was 6-27. University officials said at the time that he had not done enough to create the excitement needed to increase game attendance.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from Schexnayder and the university. Schexnayder declined to comment, saying it was his policy not to discuss pending litigation.
The former coach said in the lawsuit that after he was hired, UL Lafayette President Ray Authement told Baldwin he was not a "popular" choice with the "ULL Community" and that other university officials told Baldwin that Schexnayder did not want him aboard because of his race.
Baldwin alleges that Schexnayder refused to approve plans to clean up the athletic complex or the dorms where athletes live, which Baldwin contends hampered efforts to recruit players.
Baldwin also claims the athletic director pulled the plug on plans to have games televised, wouldn't fill a position that oversaw marketing football games, cut the football equipment budget and took $25,000 donated to the football program to use for other purposes in the athletic department.
According to the lawsuit, Authement told Baldwin when he was fired that he supported Schexnayder's decision to terminate him because he "could no longer take the pressure" of having an African-American coach.
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