Utah State coach Blake Anderson reacts as Alabama pulls ahead during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Vasha Hunt
Blake Anderson is officially no longer the head football coach at Utah State University.
Anderson, who was on administrative leave for the past two weeks after receiving notice from the university that his employment was going to be terminated, was fired by USU Thursday night, Anderson’s attorney Tom Mars announced in a social media post.
Utah State confirmed Anderson’s firing later Thursday.
“We were disappointed to learn this evening that Utah State University has terminated the employment of head football coach Blake Anderson,” Mars wrote. “Coach Anderson’s legal team believes this decision — as well as USU’s deliberately inflammatory July 2nd press release — violate the terms of Coach Anderson’s Employment Agreement and the implied covenant of good faith.”
Mars went on to note that he and his firm will “be pursuing all available legal remedies on his (Anderson’s) behalf.”
Anderson had been afforded 14 days to respond after being notified of Utah State’s intent to terminate his employment, per his employment agreement, and did respond with a 70-page document that was submitted to USU on Monday.
At that time, Mars noted that “we won’t be commenting or releasing the response while Coach Anderson is still employed by USU.”
Anderson is now no longer employed by the university and Mars noted that he (Anderson) will make his own public statement “at the appropriate time.”
In its July 2nd press release, Utah State explained its decision to fire Anderson by citing alleged “significant violations of his contractual obligations related to USU’s employee reporting requirements,” the university said in its July 2…
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Publish date : 2024-07-19 01:59:14
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