Football coach sues Grambling State University

GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- Doug Williams is suing Grambling State University over his ongoing contract dispute with the school, Williams said Friday.

The football coach filed suit Friday in 19th District Judicial Court in Baton Rouge against Grambling State University, University President Frank Pogue, the University of Louisiana System, the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors, the Louisiana Department of Education and state of Louisiana.

Williams declined to comment further and directed all questions regarding the matter to his attorney, Cleo Fields.

"It is a sad day in Louisiana when a coach who dearly loves Grambling has to hire an attorney who is one of the university's biggest supporters to sue it," Fields said in an emailed statement. "However, right is right and wrong is wrong. When facts come out, the people of Louisiana will be astonished to learn of the promises made and later broken to Coach Doug Williams.

Cleo Fields statement on Williams suit (.pdf)

Doug Williams lawsuit (.pdf)

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