White v. Banks

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This case presents the question whether a tenured teacher who also coaches basketball for a public school possesses tenure rights with respect to his coaching duties and the additional compensation paid to him for coaching.

I

The underlying facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff, Larry G. White, is a tenured teacher at Elizabethton High School. He was first employed there by defendant Eliz-abethton Board of Education [the Board] in 1973 as a social studies teacher and basketball coach. Plaintiff is certified as a social studies teacher. There is no certification of coaches,…