UTSA not wanting to pay Larry Coker what he is owed?

[Coach Bill Lewis]

Looks like that is what they are doing.  What a shame.  Considering all the work Coker put into starting that program, UTSA needs to pay up what he is owed.  Very sad.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/utsa/2016/0...rry-coker/

 

 

 

SAN ANTONIO — The Larry Coker story has taken a few odd twists in the last several hours.

Here is the latest:

UTSA’s former football coach said in an interview earlier this week that he is due a buyout after being fired, noting succinctly, “They let me go.”

He also said his exit from the university fell under a “termination without cause” section of his contract, which would trigger the payments.

“I had a buyout,” Coker said.  “They had to pay me to make a change.  Just whatever my contract said, that’s what they had to pay me.  It was only fair.  They knew that when they let me go.”

UTSA isn’t commenting on Coker’s assertion that he is scheduled to receive the payments.

But university officials are disputing an Express-News calculation, based on language in the coach’s contract, that his buyout could reach $1.56 million over three years.

Here is a give-and-take that between the E-N and spokesman Joe Izbrand Friday afternoon:

Izbrand: “What you’re reporting is not accurate.”

E-N: “What specifically is wrong with it?”

Izbrand: “The numbers that you are quoting as a payout to coach Coker.”

At this point, Izbrand side-stepped a question about what the payout numbers are.  He suggested that the newspaper file an open records request to get the information.

 

[Mean Green 93-98]

If true, that is PATHETIC.  He made their football program.  They ought to pay him double the payout amount, and when they finally get an actual football stadium in 50-100 years they ought to name it Larry Coker Stadium.  And they should change the name of their team to the Coke-Runners.

[EagleMBA]

AD Hickey shouted "Larry, hit the road-a!

Had you won more we'd a paid what we owed ya."

So with great savoir faire

He stood on a chair

And pissed in her whiskey and soda.

 

[Ben Gooding]

1 hour ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

If true, that is PATHETIC.  He made their football program.  They ought to pay him double the payout amount, and when they finally get an actual football stadium in 50-100 years they ought to name it Larry Coker Stadium.  And they should change the name of their team to the Coke-Runners.

down in that neck of the woods this may have some validity. 

[UTSA Fan]

3 hours ago, Coach Bill Lewis said:

Looks like that is what they are doing.  What a shame.  Considering all the work Coker put into starting that program, UTSA needs to pay up what he is owed.  Very sad.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/utsa/2016/0...rry-coker/

 

 

 

SAN ANTONIO — The Larry Coker story has taken a few odd twists in the last several hours.

Here is the latest:

UTSA’s former football coach said in an interview earlier this week that he is due a buyout after being fired, noting succinctly, “They let me go.”

He also said his exit from the university fell under a “termination without cause” section of his contract, which would trigger the payments.

“I had a buyout,” Coker said.  “They had to pay me to make a change.  Just whatever my contract said, that’s what they had to pay me.  It was only fair.  They knew that when they let me go.”

UTSA isn’t commenting on Coker’s assertion that he is scheduled to receive the payments.

But university officials are disputing an Express-News calculation, based on language in the coach’s contract, that his buyout could reach $1.56 million over three years.

Here is a give-and-take that between the E-N and spokesman Joe Izbrand Friday afternoon:

Izbrand: “What you’re reporting is not accurate.”

E-N: “What specifically is wrong with it?”

Izbrand: “The numbers that you are quoting as a payout to coach Coker.”

At this point, Izbrand side-stepped a question about what the payout numbers are.  He suggested that the newspaper file an open records request to get the information.

 

Good luck. The UT System is very uncooperative in releasing details of housekeeping.

[golfingomez]

SOMEONE GET MATTRES MAC ON THE CASE!!!

[GrandGreen]

Very strange, it is very rare for an university to even question a buyout due to the supposed fallout in hiring future coaches.  Note, all the crap that Dickey pulled and he still got paid.  

Most of the disputed pay-offs I have noticed usually involved coaches that got caught breaking NCAA rules and/or the law.  

[Rudy]

That's pathetic!!! How much can a bucket of extra crispy cost? 

[GreenTexan13]

The Colonel Sanders, pay-a-coach-foundation ran out of money...

[Withers940]

I have always thought their program was full of white trash fans and I guess it runs up the ladder to the cheapskate AD. Truly Pathetic in my opinion. This will make the current coach feel warm and cozy inside knowing that if he fails, he wont get paid.

[UTSA Fan]

According to San Antonio Express News they settled for 650k and a suite.

[UNTFan23]

20 hours ago, UTSA Fan said:

According to San Antonio Express News they settled for 650k and a suite.

If that's the case then UTSA got off easy!

[UTSA Fan]

The stunning thing is LH fired the football and basketball coach the same summer. She cleaned house in the UTSA revenue sports. I'm not sure how it's going to turn out, but she apparantly has no problem chopping heads.