European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 19 2007 stars and stripes Page is lawyer Chatman did not freely give up Job s3 i m the associated press Baton Rouge la Pokey Chatman was Given two hours to resign or be fired says her attorney arguing the former Louisi Ana state University women basketball coach is entitled to damages and compensation for the final two years of her contract i dont believe her consent to the resignation was fairly obtained or freely Given attorney Mary Olive Pierson said in an april 13 letter to leu Gen eral counsel Raymond Lamunica Pierson wrote Chatman will sue the University if an amicable Reso Lution cannot be reached Pierson valued the remainder of the con tract at to but did not specify damages Chatman resigned March 7 after assistant coach Carla Berry raised allegations of improper conduct with a former player or players you stated that the reason for the Pierson wrote in the april 13 letter to la Monica was based upon information which you had received from assistant coach Carla Berry regarding stories of unspecified and undefined relationships be tween coach Chatman and former players when coach Chat Man was an assistant coach and prior to the Date of her contract As head coach leu has confirmed Berry who resigned last Friday reported multiple allegations against Chat Man who became head coach in 2004 in that april 13 letter Pierson contends Lamonica did not ques Tion Chatman about Berrys allegations or try to identify the peo ple Berry mentioned you admitted to me you had not even spoken to anyone who was allegedly involved in those stories and you were not aware of anyone who had made a com plaint to the University Pierson wrote in the letter made available to the associated press on tues Day the letter also outlined pier sons Contention that Chatman re signed under duress and through misrepresentation of University policy sports briefs although Lamonica said leu had an absolute Zero tolerance policy forbidding relationships Between coaches and athletes no policy existed Pierson said leu previously confirmed the univer sity does not have such a policy Illinois women coach resigns Champaign he Illinois coach Theresa Grentz resigned tuesday less than two months after she sought a contract Exten Sion Grentz 10th in career victories among division i women coaches said during a news conference the decision to step aside was her own she had said As recently As last month that she hoped to coach beyond the end of her contract which would have expired at the end of next season the mini finished last season at 1912 and 88 in the big ten in fourth place their season ended in the third round of the nit with a 6651 loss to Kansas state she finishes 210156 at Illinois Arrow returns to jaguars Mobile Ala Ronnie Arrow was named head coach at South Alabama on tuesday re turning to the school that once abruptly fired him from the same position the former Texas pus Christi coach replaces John Pelphrey who left to become head coach at Arkansas Arrow coached the jaguars from 198894 going 11493 and leading the team to two Mcaa tournament appearances he was fired Early in the 199495 season after his team started 13 and Al Lowed 100plus Points in four consecutive games Arrow who helped Start the Christi program in 1999 emerged As the top Candi Date to return after Charlotte coach Bobby Lutz turned Down a reported six year Deal Worth about per season Arrow inherits a team that went 2012 won the Sun Belt con Rock Southern californian Nick Young announced his decision tuesday to pass up his senior season and enter the Aba draft Ference regular season title and returns most of the key players the jaguars lost to Syracuse in the first round of the not strange Green enter world Golf Hall of Fame Savannah a Curtis strange the dominant american golfer in the 1980s whose career was defined by consecutive us open victories and two time major Champion Hubert Green joined the world Golf Hall of Fame on wednesday they will be inducted nov 12 at the world Golf Village along with Seri Pak who will be Eligi ble through the Lyga tour Crite Ria once she plays 10 tournaments this year to Complete her 10th year on tour Carrier needed for Grafe Woehr Liesheim and Vilseck for More information please Contact Tom at 01726707342 strange won 17 times on the pea tour All but one of those in the 1980s when he won the Money title three times he won the 1988 us open at the coun try club in a playoff Over Nick Faldo then became the first player since Ben Hogan to capture the us open in consecutive years when he won at Oak Hill Green who recovered from Oral cancer four years ago won 19 times on the pea tour and is Best known for his 1977 Victory in the us open at Southern Hills he was informed of a death threat while playing the Back nine of the final round he also won the 85 pea championship dodgers put Schmidt on do Phoenix the los Angeles dodgers placed right hander Jason Schmidt on the 15day disabled list tuesday with shoulder inflammation the move was retroactive to sunday Schmidt had an Fri monday in Phoenix and there is no time Frame for his return the team is going to give him a few Days off to see if the irritation subsides Schmidt who signed a lion three year contract last win Ter is 12 with a 736 Era and his velocity had dropped in his Earl season outings uses Young enters Aba draft los Angeles Southern californian Nick Young decided to pass up his senior season and enter the Aba draft because of what it Means to his family i want to buy my mom her first House that one of the main reasons i made this decision Young said tuesday at a news conference on Campus it was Tough for us Treyve been behind me All the Way the Opportunity was there to help them have a better me its a Blessing in very grateful for everything that s going on Young the sixth leading scorer in us history said he will hire an agent making his decision irrevocable Young averaged 175 Points and 46 rebounds this season Saint Louis fires Soderberg St Louis Saint Louis coach Brad Soderberg was fired tues Day after five seasons Saint Louis was 2013 last sea son Soderbergh first 20win sea son and the schools first 20win season since 199798 and finished in the Middle of the pack in the atiantic10 conference but the Billiken Haven made it to the Mcaa tournament since 2000 hoyas Green May return Washington big East player of the year Jeff Green said tuesday there is a 7030 Chance he will return to George town for his senior season Green and fellow Junior Roy Hibbert submitted their names As Earl entry candidates for the Aba draft last week neither has hired an agent so both could re turn to Rule their of stated goal of playing four years with the hoyas right now 7030 70 coming Back Green said it depends on whether in ready i still have a lot of things i need to work on to play at that level both players Are potential lot Tery picks and both said they want to get a gauge of what their Aba value is now and what it might be if they stay in school an other year Hibbert put his Odds of return ing at 5050 even though he said Green is the More Aba ready player sonics Likely to relocate Seattle supersonics majority owner Clay Bennett says the Aba team Likely will not play in Seattle beyond the 200708 sea son Bennett said tuesday that gov Chris Gregoir wont Call lawmakers into special session so the team can continue to push for tax payer Money for a new Mil lion Arena and he said the sonics will Honor their key Arena lease that runs through 2010 but most Likely Only through a Legal exercise that May or May not mean the team will play Bennett said during a conference Call Seattle Aba team for the last 40 years is obligated to stay in the City Only for one More season Bennett whose investor group bought the team last year from a local group headed by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz is a prominent Oklahoma City Busi Nessman and the Sale prompted widespread fear among sonics fans the team would be moved to Oklahoma Bennett promised to keep the team in the Seattle area if a Deal could be struck for a new Arena on monday legislative leaders decided not to consider the plan for a new Arena in suburban rent on during the regular session which is due to end by sunday saying it lacks enough support to pass