HARTFORD, Conn. — Former UConn men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie has won his four-year legal battle with the university over the years and compensation remaining on his contract when he was fired in March 2018.
Arbitrator Mark Irvings, in his ruling, found that UConn “violated the collective bargaining agreement when it terminated Kevin Ollie without just cause.” At UConn, coaches are members of the American Association of University Professors, which filed a grievance on Ollie’s behalf. Ollie must receive $11,157,032.95 within the next 10 business days.
“I am pleased with arbitrator Mark Irvings ruling which found that UConn did not have just cause to terminate my contract,” Ollie said in a statement released by his attorneys. “I wish to thank God and my family, whose grace sustained me over the last four years.”
