Fired Texas Tech Women's Coach Sues University, AD

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Former Texas Tech women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings, fired in August after several players accused her staff of abuse, is suing the school and athletic director Kirby Hocutt in federal court in Lubbock for breach of contract, fraud, fraudulent inducement, sex discrimination and defamation.

As reported by Courthouse News Service, Stollings was abruptly fired two months ago in spite of her success after USA Today published accounts by several of her players alleging a “toxic atmosphere” that resulted in 12 of 21 players leaving the program. Players alleged being punished with reduced game time or conditioning assignments if their game-worn heart-rate monitors dropped below 90 percent capacity for more than two minutes of game time.

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