The veteran males’s basketball trainer spent 4 seasons with the Red Storm.
Former St. John’s males’s basketball trainer Mike Anderson is anticipated to record a lawsuit towards the varsity after St. John’s fired him “for trigger,” ESPN’s Myron Medcalf reported Monday. The Red Storm would owe Anderson $11 million had they no longer designated Anderson a for-cause firing.
According to ESPN, St. John’s claimed Anderson used to be fired for failing to inspire athletes to satisfy instructional requirements, no longer correctly supervising his assistants and no longer doing his task in some way “that mirrored undoubtedly on St. John’s University.”
In reaction, Anderson informed ESPN he does no longer accept as true with the varsity’s withholding the cash and firing him in that way.
“I vehemently disagree with the college’s resolution to terminate my contract for trigger,” Anderson stated. “The for trigger accusation is wholly with out advantage and I will be able to be aggressively protecting my contractual rights via an arbitration procedure.”
Anderson coached St. John’s for 4 years, main the Red Storm to a 68–56 document in that span. He has additionally helmed UAB, Missouri and Arkansas in his 21-year head training profession.
After firing Anderson, St. John’s already reportedly has its eyes set on its subsequent trainer, because the Red Storm and Iona trainer Rick Pitino reportedly met in regards to the emptiness over the weekend.
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