Coach suing school for discrimination after he says he didn’t get a job because of his “Jewish descent”
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Joshua Bonadona is suing Louisiana College over what he says was racial discrimination after his hiring as an assistant football coach was revoked because of his “Jewish descent.”
Bonadona was born and raised in a Jewish household and practiced that faith upon enrolling at Louisiana College in 2008. However, Bonadona converted to Christianity while in college, something that he says was known throughout the Southern Baptist school of 1,300 students.
After earning a role on special teams as a player, Bonadona joined the staff upon his 2013 graduation as co-special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach. He remained in that post until 2015, when he left to join the Southeast Missouri staff as a graduate assistant.
Louisiana College went through a coaching change ahead of the 2017 season, and the new head coach — Justin Charles — reached out to Bonadona to return to his alma mater as defensive backs coach. According to the suit, Bonadona was the only candidate for the job and was more or less hired by Charles, pending approval by school president Dr. Rick Brewer.
And that’s when, as the suit alleges, things went haywire. (View the entire suit here.)
You can read the rest at the link.
http://footballscoop.com/news/coach-suing-school-discrimination-says-didnt-get-job-jewish-descent/
Joshua Bonadona is suing Louisiana College over what he says was racial discrimination after his hiring as an assistant football coach was revoked because of his “Jewish descent.”
Bonadona was born and raised in a Jewish household and practiced that faith upon enrolling at Louisiana College in 2008. However, Bonadona converted to Christianity while in college, something that he says was known throughout the Southern Baptist school of 1,300 students.
After earning a role on special teams as a player, Bonadona joined the staff upon his 2013 graduation as co-special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach. He remained in that post until 2015, when he left to join the Southeast Missouri staff as a graduate assistant.
Louisiana College went through a coaching change ahead of the 2017 season, and the new head coach — Justin Charles — reached out to Bonadona to return to his alma mater as defensive backs coach. According to the suit, Bonadona was the only candidate for the job and was more or less hired by Charles, pending approval by school president Dr. Rick Brewer.
And that’s when, as the suit alleges, things went haywire. (View the entire suit here.)
You can read the rest at the link.
