Another twist in Leavitt saga

Posted Sep 14, 2010 by Adam Adkins

Updated Sep 14, 2010 at 08:45 PM

There is a new twist in the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former football coach Jim Leavitt against USF.

Leavitt’s attorney, Wil Florin, filed a motion in Hillsborough County Circuit Court on Tuesday morning that stated Leavitt had conversations with athletic director Doug Woolard regarding current men’s basketball player Gus Gilchrist, and a package deal that was made to land Gilchrist by giving a job to Terrelle Woody, a Gilchrist associate who spent two seasons on coach Stan Heath’s staff.

The motion, which claims USF’s responses to a Request for Admissions filing was insufficient, also states that NCAA investigators looking into Woody’s hiring were never made aware of the conversations, and that “Woolard had a pre-determined mindset to terminate Coach Leavitt from his employment in December 2009 in order that Leavitt be publically (sic) discredited in the event Leavitt was questioned regarding his knowledge of the basketball recruiting issue and thereby protect Woolard’s reputation and job security at USF and any future employment.”

You can read more about it HERE.