Young

I. Factual summary.

Young was employed as a baseball coach at Los Angeles City College (LACC) from February 2006 to October 2007. Initially, he was hired as an assistant baseball coach/part-time adjunct instructor. In April 2006, after the head coach resigned, Young became interim head baseball coach. At the end of the academic year, in June 2006, Young successfully applied for the head baseball coach position for the spring season ending in May 2007, as well as a PE 552 teaching assignment for fall 2006. At that time, he signed an acknowledgment that ―these assignments are for the season as stated and reassignment will be subject to review at the conclusion of the regular season for each sport,‖ and further, ―this is an extra assignment of the college and may be terminated at any time.‖

1 All further statutory references are to the Government Code, unless otherwise specified. 2 Prior to the spring 2007 season, Young requested that his father be hired as his assistant coach. The request was denied on the ground it would violate the District‘s personnel rules regarding nepotism. In January 2007, Dan Cowgill and Russell Ramsey (uncle of athletic director Michael Miller (Miller))…