Coach's defamation suit against Illinois district is dismissed

A Will County, Ill., judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed against three Plainfield School District administrators by a former football coach. Dan Darlington was hired in August 2005 as Plainfield North High School's first varsity football coach. In September 2006, the Illinois High School Association suspended Darlington from coaching for one year following allegations that he improperly recruited high school students. Darlington resigned his position soon after, but he and his wife later sued administrators in the district, as well as the IHSA.

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