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Coach Kuligowski Touting His Bona Fidis
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Absolutely was. "Retaliation".
People don't realize...Kuligowski was in the Toledo Sports Hall of Fame. And Toledo's AD erased him from existence within 24 hours.
Life comes at you fast.
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How bad was the confrontation? Will Smith smacked a guy on stage in front of a live audience and he's getting jobs.
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will smith works for himself, not a university. i also think that the slap was staged. let's wait a few years.
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As we’ve since learned, Kuligowski has been fired for cause after the university alleged that he “committed a significant and/or intentional violation” of its non-retaliation and standards of conduct policies, according to a copy of the coach’s employment separation letter, obtained by The Blade through an open-records request.
Kuligowski’s personnel file cited no further details, and Toledo athletic director Bryan Blair said only: “He’s no longer employed here as of January 14, and we generally don’t comment on personnel matters beyond that.”
And, according to three people familiar with the situation, the termination stems from an incident during Toledo’s trip to Florida for the Boca Raton Bowl last month. Kuligowski was drinking in the hospitality suite one night at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center, sources said, when he spotted and verbally harassed a female UT staffer who earlier in the year had reported him for allegedly making an inappropriate comment. (There is no record of the previous allegation in the personnel file.)
Blair sent Kuligowski home from the bowl site — the coach was not at the game on Dec. 20 — and, after a brief university investigation, he was fired. Kuligowski, 54, had one year remaining on his contract, which featured a base salary of $162,786 and an annual retention bonus of $15,214.
Kuligowski’s personnel file cited no further details, and Toledo athletic director Bryan Blair said only: “He’s no longer employed here as of January 14, and we generally don’t comment on personnel matters beyond that.”
And, according to three people familiar with the situation, the termination stems from an incident during Toledo’s trip to Florida for the Boca Raton Bowl last month. Kuligowski was drinking in the hospitality suite one night at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center, sources said, when he spotted and verbally harassed a female UT staffer who earlier in the year had reported him for allegedly making an inappropriate comment. (There is no record of the previous allegation in the personnel file.)
Blair sent Kuligowski home from the bowl site — the coach was not at the game on Dec. 20 — and, after a brief university investigation, he was fired. Kuligowski, 54, had one year remaining on his contract, which featured a base salary of $162,786 and an annual retention bonus of $15,214.
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Supposedly it was just verbal, nothing physical (I got most of my info from The Toledo Blade article), but apparently it was serious enough that he was fired before the bowl game.
EDIT: Looks like @rsa coral gables pulled similar info from the Blade. Kudos!
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The bizarre thing is that, what, AT MOST someone "gave him a stern talking to" for the original violation? If it had been a formal written reprimand, he would have had to sign it and it would have been in his personnel file.
Kool lost his cool.
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He ain't recruit for **** here I just think he was in the right place wherever he was......there must of been a guy he was tied at the hip with who did all the recruiting and he ain't do ****, then proceeded to use those kids to get praise where he's some genius coach when the kids had it already. I was geeked when he got here until I saw the way he recruited. Even Saban got tricked.
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Pretty sure he’s a prepper survivalist fending off zombies
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He tried. I remember him interviewing with the Saints and Jets during his time at MiamiI.
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**** the jets
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So you're saying he's more of a Bill from The Last of Us?
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Using "mamita" as pronoun did him in.
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This guy has had an unprecedented fall from grace. Next stop is ASA Miami
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Far from a scumbag. I had many encounters with coach Kool at mizzou and he was nothing but kind. Elite teacher of the game. I always thought he would’ve been better in the NfL where he could just coach.
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