Nolan Richardson Trial Update
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles
testified today that the decision is his when it is time to fire a
coach.
Broyles continued his testimony for a third day in the trial of
a discrimination lawsuit filed by former basketball coach Nolan
Richardson.
Broyles said that he looks to whether a coach is meeting
expectations. He said former Razorback football coach Lou Holtz was
losing his fan base and decided it was time for Holtz to go. Holtz
resigned in 1983.
Under questioning from university attorney Phil Kaplan, Broyles
said he handled Richardson`s dismissal in 2002 as he had with other
coaches.
Richardson claims he was fired because he is black and
outspoken.
The trial in Little Rock before U.S. District Judge William R.
Wilson Junior began Wednesday. There is no jury, so Wilson will
decide the case.
