High school football coach who was Fired For Praying with players wins $2M settlement and will return to work after Supreme Court ruled in his favor
A high school
football coach who won a Supreme Court verdict protecting his right to pray on the field has reached a nearly $2 million settlement with the school district that placed him on administrative leave in 2015.
The board of Bremerton School District in
Washington state voted unanimously on Thursday to approve the $1,775,000 settlement payment to attorneys for former coach Joseph Kennedy.
Kennedy will also return as an assistant football coach for Bremerton High School for the 2023 season, receiving a stipend of $5,304 for the season, the district said in a statement.
Last June, the
Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the coach, finding that his right to kneel with student athletes and pray on the field after games was protected by the Constitution.
After losing his coaching job for refusing to stop kneeling in prayer with players and spectators on the field immediately after football games, Kennedy took his case to the Supreme Court
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