Suspended head coach Rick Pitino has notified the University of Louisville that it “breached his contract.”
Here are details from WDRB:
An attorney for suspended University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has delivered to the university a breach of contract notice for alleged failure to properly notify Pitino and give him an opportunity to respond.
The school has received a letter alleging a breach of Pitino’s contract from attorney Steve Pence, U of L spokesman John Karman said. WDRB has requested a copy of the letter under Kentucky’s open records law.
According to Pitino’s contract, for U of L to put fire place Pitino on leave, it must first give him at least 10 days’ written notice of its reasons for doing so and afford Pitino an opportunity to “present evidence.” In a letter given to Pitino on Tuesday, the university said that violations outlined in a federal complaint on college basketball bribery and corruption constituted a material violation of his contract, and it was placing him on leave immediately, with 10 days’ pay.
U of L coach Rick Pitino has served the school with notice that it breached his contract. Story coming …
— Eric Crawford (@ericcrawford) October 2, 2017
