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Report: Ex LSU OL Coach James Cregg Sues University Over Firing

by Staff Reporter

August 19, 202131 Comments

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Former LSU offensive line coach James Cregg is suing the university for breach of contract after he was fired months ago, according to The Advocate.

Cregg was fired "for cause" back in June after he admitted to violating NCAA rules during a "covid recruiting dead period."

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The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Baton Rouge state court, says LSU athletic director Scott Woodward provided Cregg a termination letter on June 17 citing the violation of NCAA rules referenced by Orgeron.

Cregg claims in his lawsuit, which seeks damages, that the NCAA "has never issued a ruling or decision that Coach Cregg has committed a Level I or Level II violation, or repeated Level III and/or Level IV violations, of the NCAA bylaws such that ... the Employment Agreement could provide a for cause justification for LSU to terminate coach Cregg's employment,"

According to Cregg's most recent contract with LSU, if he is terminated by LSU without cause, the university must pay him the total remaining base salary and supplemental compensation in monthly installments equal to the amount of time remaining in the term. Read more.

LSU replaced Cregg with new offensive line coach Brad Davis who came over from Arkansas.

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USMEagles•41 months

Geez, why not just pay the idiot? Talk about penny wise, pound foolish. WTF kind of amateur crap is LSU trying to pull here? It won't end well.

Spankum•41 months

It’s totally normal for someone to sue after getting fired….part of the cost of doing business.

MojoTigerBalls•41 months

Can we start putting sucking at your job as cause for getting fired?

Thorny•41 months

Write the check and move on.

bluebuck1•41 months

Oh, boy! You have to ask why emotions have run this high. Quick hire and quick fire is a part of college football. What is the reason he is taking it this far? One down side to this is that he may never get hired anywhere else. I hope he does not have a Louisiana attorney. If he does, it is a sign of how fragile our support system for our flagship university can be, which can pose a challenges to recruiting. Recruits pay attention to everything.

ccomeaux•41 months

He will get paid to shut up That’s the point of the suit and it’s an effective tactic if you possess info others don’t want out on the public eye

NamariTiger•41 months

I knew he was douche

emoney1969•41 months

He knows he has no case but he’s involving the NCAA to shed light on LSU’s dirty laundry. This way LSU can either pay him or face Level I/Level II violations for the football program. Plus he probably knows where all the skeletons are buried. This is modern day Blackmail.

rob62•41 months

I doubt seriously any investigation hinges on James Cregg. He was a sorry OL coach who admitted to violations and was fired. Probably can’t get a job anywhere near the LSU level and is trying to get some money.

Srobi14•41 months

Yeah having dirty laundry would require actually signing one of his recruits. There was cause, he cheated and still sucked at recruiting anyways.

FLObserver•41 months

Ed O has made some bad hires in the time he has been HC at LSU. Add this guy to the list of bad hires. As of Now Brady has been the only star. New guys on Staff this year to be determined.

Vidic•41 months

So he’s made a bunch of shitty hires but one good one? Wouldn’t really inspire confidence, but maybe he’ll get lucky again.

rob62•41 months

I guess a bunch of sorry hires won a Natty.

GeauxsomeMeaux•41 months

He took a bunch of players that struggled as a unit, and turned it into the number one unit in the country The following year!

justice•41 months

Great hire O lol

Solo Cam•41 months

He won the joe Moore award so yeah it was. When he struggled to recruit he was replaced. Great post justice lol. Clown

Skillet•41 months

justice, not an unexpected comment from a lame arse human being such as yourself.

rob62•41 months

If he admitted recruiting violations then he was fired for cause. He has no case.

siliconvalleytiger•41 months

Sounds like he has a case.

Solo Cam•41 months

I tend to believe Cregg here. No chance in hell this guy was cheating at recruiting with how incredibly shitty he was at it

LSUtiger89•41 months

Except that he admitted to cheating.

milesw236•41 months

Bad recruiting He should not even ask for his money after the bad season riddled with sacks an injury to the QB a terrible blocking scheme and also he did not rotate fresh guys also bad recruiting high schools its like he was lazy to go after the big fish and only settling for one recruit just one

BabyTac•41 months

Formality. Nothing else.

LSUJD_04•41 months

He just never looked like a good hire in the 1st place. Why bring an NFL guy who is also a west coast guy. He was completely out of his depth from the start.

JackieTreehorn•41 months

Ed O is a special guy.

Cycledude•41 months

Still don’t really understand what he did? Recruiting violation is not very specific.

RadThibodeaux•41 months

Shite recruiter and talent developer at a premium position. Eat a bag of turtle shite for the stockpile of offensive line depth you let us with.

UnoMe•41 months

Who hired him? If he's owed the money, He has the right to get the money.

RadThibodeaux•41 months

I bet you do great as an associate attorney for Spencer Callahan with the way you flipped that on me

Vernonbrew22•41 months

Now that is a great punishment. Ha ha. A whole bag of turtle shite. Thank you sir. I needed that.

Breauxfessor•41 months

If you’re not a tiger you’re tiger bait. frick him.