Former Connecticut basketball coach Kevin Ollie has filed a lawsuit against the university alleging racial discrimination, ESPN's Joel Anderson reported on Tuesday.
According to Anderson, Ollie filed the complaint at the U.S. District Court in Hartford on Tuesday, claiming he was subject to "disparate treatment" compared to predecessor and former coach Jim Calhoun, who kept his job despite committing comparable recruiting violations to the ones the UConn cited firing Ollie for "just cause" in March.
Ollie also alleges that the university illegally attempted to deter him from filing a racial discrimination claim after his firing.