Jury Awards Fired Coach $2.5M in Suit Against CHSAA

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A jury last week determined a Colorado Springs, Colo., man was the victim of racial discrimination when he was fired from his assistant basketball coach position at Sand Creek High School in 2017, with a judge ordering the Colorado High School Activities Association to pay $200,000 for economic damages caused by discrimination against William "Trey" Harris, $1.3 million for non-economic damages caused by the discrimination, and $1 million for punitive damages.

As reported by Logan Smith of CBS affiliate KCNC in Denver, court documents revealed that in December of the 2016-17 season, as Sand Creek's on-court success brought hopes of an appearance in the state playoffs, the team’s then head coach, Robert Hawkins, attempted to add a player — a senior from another school (identified only as "RM") who hoped to transfer to the Sand Creek program.

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