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TAMPA, Fla. -- Former University of South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt and the school reached a $2.75 million settlement, the school and Leavitt's attorney announced Tuesday night.Leavitt had been seeking up to $7.1 million after filing a wrongful termination lawsuit.
Leavitt was fired "with cause" on Jan. 8, 2010 after a USF investigation concluded Leavitt had struck walk-on Joel Miller, repeatedly lied to investigators and interfered with the four-week investigation.
USF's investigation was prompted following a FanHouse investigative report on Dec. 14, 2009 that Leavitt had grabbed Miller and hit him twice at halftime against Louisville.
Leavitt's wrongful termination lawsuit against the university, filed in March, indicated he was seeking "millions of dollars." Because Leavitt was fired "with cause," the university, according to Leavitt's contract, said he would only be paid one month of his base pay -- about $66,667 -- as opposed to be fired "without cause," in which he would have been entitled to about 75 percent of his remaining seven-year contract, or about $7.1 million.
The settlement reached between USF and Leavitt indicated Leavitt would receive $2 million for "salary and benefits" along with $750,000 "acknowledging Coach Leavitt's contributions to building USF's nationally respected football program." USF's release indicated "non-state resources" would be used to pay the settlement.
Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2011/01/11/jim-leavitt-usf-reach-settlement/
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