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UK Coaches, Past And Present Are Having Off Court Issues....Gillisipe, Calipari, Pitino and Now Tubby...

This off-season has been filled with a coaching change, recruiting, and legal issues. Billy Clyde Gillisipe, a former coach of Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against the university due to contract and money issues and Former UK Coach, Rick Pitino and the Karen Sypher case has gotten the public attention and could be big toward the University of Louisville.

Now....now we have Mr. "Orlando" Tubby Smith with some legal problems. Former UK Coach and current Minnesota coach is being sued by a former assistant Jimmy Williams. Williams claims that he was coaching at Oklahoma State in 2007, quit with just one year left on his contract to join Tubby's staff at Minnesota for $200,000 per year job. The claim is denied by Minnesota athletic director Joe Maturi in April 2007. The lawsuit claims that Tubster told Williams that, "I think we'd be a great team together." While Tubby said that, he did not have enough authority to offer, Jimmy Williams the job. The suit is claiming, "false represenations of authority."



I figured I would give everyone a run down on the latest court problems for former and current UK coaches.