Fired coach Leach asks for speedy trial
Attorneys for fired coach Mike Leach said Thursday they want to take Texas Tech to trial in the next six weeks and want to question some of the key figures in his dismissal.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for fired coach Mike Leach said Thursday they want to take Texas Tech to trial in the next six weeks and want to question some of the key figures in his dismissal.
The coach’s legal team filed court documents Thursday asking a state district judge to allow them to question administrators and others in about two weeks. One person they want to question is Adam James, the sophomore receiver whose family complaint about how Leach treated him after a concussion ultimately led to the coach’s firing last month.
James said his coach twice ordered him to stand for hours while confined in a dark place during practice.
Sally Post, a Texas Tech spokeswoman, said the university could not comment because it had not yet been served with notice of the filings.
The university fired Leach with cause on Dec. 30 and contends it does not have to pay him any of the money remaining in his contract.
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