Warren G. Smith and John Gremer v. Board of Education of Urbana School District No. 116 of Champaign County, Illinois

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• acknowledging that a school board may take actions that infer an agreement to employ an individual indefinitely in a coaching position despite a lack of formal tenure
• “ ‘It is not sufficient consideration for a contract of permanent employment to forego another employment opportunity.’ ”
• “Under Illinois law an oral promise of permanent employment given in exchange for a promise to work is unenforceable”
• school board’s statement that “a change in coaches would be good for the school’s athletic program” was too trivial to infringe on plaintiffs’ liberty interest
• athletic coaches had no property right in their coaching positions under fourteenth amendment unless school board told them conditionally or unconditionally that it would retain them or unless it was reasonable for them to expect the school board to retain them as coaches
• “defendants’ alleged statements were too trivial to infringe plaintiffs’ liberty interests”

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