Former Texas Tech University football coach Mike Leach sued the college on Friday, claiming it defamed him, and suspended and fired him without cause. Leach has denied the school’s accusation that he abused an injured played by locking him in a shed because he suspected the student was faking a concussion.
In his complaint in Lubbock County Court, Leach claims the school’s statements were intended to injure his reputation and hurt him financially.
… He seeks damages for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, defamation, deprivation of due process and seeks waiver of the school’s sovereign immunity…