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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. North grants summary judgment to a school board, dismissing the employment retaliation claims of a full-time high school English teacher who was relieved of his duties coaching the boys' basketball team after posting losing seasons. The teacher alleges he was fired from his coaching job in retaliation for filing a sexual harassment suit against the female school principal who previously investigated him for statewide violations of rules for student athletes. The board argued the teacher’s claims were unsubstantiated and the school superintendent gave the teacher a second chance at the coaching job, which he failed. Because the teacher cannot establish a clear case of employment retaliation, the school board is not required to offer a non-retaliatory reason for the adverse employment action against him as a basketball coach.