After being fired after just two seasons, former University of Cincinnati men's basketball coach John Brannen on Friday sued the university, its athletic director and its president.
Brannen, who was fired April 9, filed the federal lawsuit Friday against UC, UC Director of Athletics John Cunningham and UC President Neville G. Pinto, seeking compensatory damages, punitive damages and the more than $5 million buyout he says he's due. He also is asking for a jury trial.
The complaint claims "during the course of purportedly investigating, suspending, and terminating Coach Brannen 'for cause,' Defendants deprived him of his constitutionally protected procedural and substantive due process rights.