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“Biggest win of his career” Stan Van Gundy ecstatic after coach Kevin Ollie wins arbitration over UConn

by Divyansh Chandra
January 21, 2022 / 14:56 GMT
Stan Van Gundy congratulates Kevin Ollie

Stan Van Gundy congratulates Kevin Ollie

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Kevin Ollie, former Head coach of the UConn Huskies (men’s basketball program by the University of Connecticut) was fired in 2018. The Huskies cited a ‘just cause’ as the reason to fire Ollie. Now, four years later, an independent arbitrator has ruled that the firing of Ollie was improper. The ruling also stated that now UConn must pay Ollie a total sum of $11,157,032 within the next 10 business days, according to Ollie’s lawyer.

Kevin Ollie
Kevin Ollie

Ollie led the UConn Huskies to a National Championship back in 2014 but could get them to the NCAA tournament only once in the next four years. Later, he was attacked by the violations in 2018, and soon he was sacked by the Huskies. The violations were several, including that regarding pickup games, extra coaching staff, and student-athletes getting boosters to have extra benefits.

Kevin Ollie
Kevin Ollie led UConn Huskies to National Champonship in 2014

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His attorney said upon this (via ESPN) – “Throughout this process the NCAA has repeatedly demonstrated that its number one priority is to protect UConn, its member, and will eagerly do so at the expense of Kevin Ollie’s rights. What is most shameful is the NCAA pretends that its decisions are based upon a fair adjudicative process when clearly that is not the case. Nevertheless, we will continue to fight for Kevin Ollie in the ongoing arbitration and are confident that his rights will ultimately be vindicated.”

Just spoke with Kevin Ollie’s attorney, Jacques Parenteau. Obviously pleased with arbitrator’s decision to award his client $11 million. Says Ollie comes away totally vindicated while UConn and the NCAA come off looking much worse.

— Neill Ostrout (@NeillOstrout) January 20, 2022

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Total vindication: Kevin Ollie’s attorney

This is great. U Conn and the NCAA tried to screw over Kevin Ollie. Now they have to pay him over $11 million — within 10 days. Maybe the biggest win of Kevin Ollie’s career. https://t.co/2oZsIcwNpo

— Stan Van Gundy (@realStanVG) January 21, 2022

Kevin Ollie’s attorney Jacques Parenteau said that the ruling was a ‘total vindication’. Not only the ruling was in Ollie’s favor, but it also set him up to receive an $11 million+ sum from UConn. After 33 days of hearings, the ruling stated that Ollie did not violate any NCAA rules.

Stan Van Gundy
Stan Van Gundy

UConn said in a statement that it ‘vigorously disagrees’ with the ruling of the arbitrator. Stan Van Gundy, however, was someone happy with this decision as he tweeted, calling this ruling as ‘maybe the biggest win of Kevin Ollie’s career’. Kevin Ollie is currently a head coach for the Overtime Elite, an alternative league for college athletes.

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Divyansh Chandra

Divyansh Chandra

Divyansh Chandra is an NBA writer for FirstSportz. He is a big sports buff, loves - cricket, basketball, and tennis in particular. More than the sports, he is especially passionate about Business and tech side of the whole professional sports ecosystem.

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