Court: No Age Discrimination Against Coach at IU South Bend

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In reviewing comments made by an Indiana University South Bend athletics official to his barber about a newly hired baseball coach, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found the Northern Indiana District Court did not commit an error when the lower court determined the chatter was not an indication of age discrimination in the hiring process.

As reported by The Indiana Lawyer, Joel Reinebold filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Indiana University South Bend, athletic director Steve Bruce and assistant athletic director Tom Norris after he was not hired as the school’s head baseball coach in 2017. He asserted he was turned down for the position because he was 56 and Doug Buysse, the man eventually hired as coach, was then 31.

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