Saturday, August 16, 2014

Commentary: Leon Douglas explains why he left Tuskegee



FAIRFIELD, Alabama  -- Leon Douglas wants to set the record straight.

When Tuskegee announced his resignation last month, the release said the school offered him a compensation package that would have made him the highest paid basketball coach in the SIAC.

That didn't set well with the new Miles College coach.

"First and foremost, it was not about money," he said. "That's seems to be what this whole thing is centered on. They offered me this great contract, OK, and I refused it because I wanted more money. That shook me when I saw in the paper that it was about a contract and about a dollar."

In his eight seasons at Tuskegee, Douglas said he never received ...

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