Mike Anderson will file arbitration lawsuit against St. John's after firing: report

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Former St. John’s Red Storm men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson is expected to file an arbitration lawsuit against the university following his firing "for cause," reports ESPN. 

Anderson believes that he was wrongfully terminated by the school, and his contract states that he would be owed $11 million if he wasn’t fired for cause. 

However, St. John’s said in Anderson’s termination letter, via ESPN, that the head coach had a "failure to create and support an environment that strongly encourages student-athletes who are in the men’s basketball program to meet all university academic requirements." There was also the "failure to perform your duties and responsibilities in a manner that reflected positively on St. John’s University.… in actions [that] brought serious discredit" to the university.

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St. John's Red Storm head coach Mike Anderson signals to his players during the Seton Hall Pirates game on Jan. 18, 2020, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Anderson is denying all those accusations by the university. He told ESPN, "I vehemently disagree with the university’s decision to terminate my contract for cause."

"The for cause accusation is wholly without merit and I will be aggressively defending my contractual rights through an arbitration process," he added.

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