“Sadly, as we have seen with so many cases recently, USC and its administrators apparently feel they are above the law and that they can violate the rights of staff and students and then try to cover it up,” Christopher Ludmer, Haley’s San Diego-based attorney, said in a prepared statement.
USC athletic director Lynn Swann announced in December that Haley, 74, wouldn’t return as coach after a season in which USC went 25-10, finished second in the Pac-12 and advanced to a regional final in the NCAA tournament.
“We are aware that Mick Haley filed a demand for arbitration today and we are reviewing it,” a school spokesman said.