Coach Accuses UT-Austin of Racism & Sexism
AUSTIN (CN) - The University of Texas at Austin fired its women's track coach for dating a student, though the football team's offensive coordinator was not fired for similar behavior, the Hall of Fame track coach claims in court.
Beverly Kearney sued UT-Austin in Travis County Court.
Kearney was the first, and only, African-American head coach in any sport in the school's history. Her teams won six NCAA national championships, she won five NCAA Coach of the Year awards, and was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 2004, according the complaint.
Kearney claims she was discriminated against for being black and female during 21 years at the school. She says she was "unceremoniously fired three days after Christmas in 2012," shortly after the school learned of her relationship with a former student in 2002.
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