AUSTIN -- A former University of Texas track coach's sex and race discrimination lawsuit has new life, and her lawyers are still pursuing long-sought testimony from former football coach Mack Brown and prominent current and former administrators as they dig into one of college sports' highest-profile athletic departments.
Former women's track coach Bev Kearney sued the school for at least $1 million in damages in 2013 after she was ousted over a romantic relationship with one of her sprinters a decade earlier.
School officials said Kearney "crossed the line" between a head coach and athlete. But Kearney, who is black, argues she was more harshly punished than a white male assistant football coach who was reprimanded, but not fired, over "inappropriate" conduct with a student trainer on a bowl game trip.