Former St. John’s professor Mike Anderson is looking for $45.6 million from his former employer later he says he used to be fired with out motive in March, Anderson’s attorney instructed ESPN. Anderson claims St. John’s have shyed away from paying his buyout, after impaired the cash to rent former Iona and Louisville professor Rick Pitino.
Next Anderson gained Fat East Educator of the Time in 2021, he used to be rewarded with a six-year agreement extension that lasted throughout the 2026-27 season. He is looking for the $11.4 million that remained on his agreement and an supplementary $34.2 million for “punitive damages”, in step with paperwork bought via ESPN.
“I vehemently disagree with the university’s decision to terminate my contract for cause,” Anderson stated in March. “The for cause accusation is wholly without merit and I will be aggressively defending my contractual rights through an arbitration process.”
In his four-year tenure with the Purple Typhoon, Anderson posted a 68-56 document. St. John’s didn’t succeed in the NCAA Event or NIT all through that future.
In keeping with St. Johns, Anderson used to be fired for “failure to create and support an environment that strongly encourages student-athletes who are in the men’s basketball program to meet all university academic requirements,” “failure to perform your duties and responsibilities in a manner that reflected positively on St. John’s University … in actions [that] brought serious discredit” to the college and “failure to appropriately supervise and communicate with your assistant coaches.”
Anderson claims St. Johns used to be already in complex talks to rent Pitino when he used to be fired on March 10. Pitino used to be rented 10 days nearest and signed a six-year offer and significance round $20 million, one supply instructed CBS Sports activities.
In his 3 seasons at Iona Pitino went 64-22 and helped the Gaels succeed in the NCAA Event two times. His unofficial document in school basketball as a head professor is 834-239, however 123 wins have been vacated all through the future he spent at Louisville.
