Canada settlement agreement states he cannot interfere with football activities

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Matt Canada’s settlement with LSU could be voided if the former offensive coordinator “interferes” in the football program’s activities or if he “discourages” players or staff in the transition to a new coordinator.

He also cannot “interfere” with LSU prospects, some of whom he once recruited.

The Advocate obtained the eight-page separation agreement through a public records request, a document that ended a sometimes messy 12-month marriage between the school and Canada. Officially, Canada’s final day with the school was Tuesday. The agreement official terminated his original contract with LSU on Wednesday.

The coach will be paid $1.7 million of the $3.4 million left on his contract. He will get a lump sum of $1 million before the end of this month, and the school will pay the remaining amount in 20 monthly installments of $35,000. Those payments begin Feb. 28, according to the agreement.

In the settlement, both sides – LSU and Canada – agreed on non-disparagement clauses, forbidding them from making public statements that “defame, disparage or criticize” one another. The non-disparagement provision is a “material provision of the agreement and that any breach of this shall be a material breach of his agreement and that (Canada/LSU) would be harmed by violation of (the) provision.”

The two sides also agreed on a “waiver of claims,” both agreeing to never bring a lawsuit against the other.

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