Judge Dismisses Duluth Coaches' Discrimination Lawsuit

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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Minnesota Duluth while saying that a reasonable jury could not conclude that two former coaches lost their jobs as a result of being openly gay.

The Duluth News Tribune reported Thursday that U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz dismissed the claims filed against UMD by Jen Banford, the former softball coach and women’s hockey operations director, and Annette Wiles, the former women’s basketball coach. According to the Tribune, Banford and Wiles left their jobs soon after December 2014, when UMD officials didn’t renew the contract of women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller.

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