Former NBA participant and NC State standout Chucky Brown has filed a lawsuit towards Saint Augustine’s College, an HBCU positioned in Raleigh, North Carolina, alleging breach of contract after he was terminated with out full cost of his wage. Brown, who spent over a decade within the NBA and later transitioned into teaching, was employed by Saint Augustine’s in 2022 to steer the lads’s basketball program beneath a three-year contract.
In line with the lawsuit filed in Wake County District Courtroom, Brown claims that Saint Augustine’s College agreed to pay him an annual wage of $80,000 by March 31, 2025, with further incentives for postseason achievements. Nevertheless, the HBCU determined to abruptly discontinue its males’s basketball program in 2024, together with different sports activities, with out offering a trigger for his termination or absolutely compensating him for the remaining time period of his contract.
Brown’s criticism states that he’s owed $23,076.86, representing unpaid wage from late December 2024 by the scheduled finish of his contract in March 2025. He additionally seeks curiosity, authorized charges, and some other reduction the court docket deems applicable. The lawsuit accuses the HBCU of breaching the phrases of its settlement by terminating Brown with out trigger and failing to honor the complete monetary phrases outlined in his employment contract.
The previous NBA champion, who gained a title with the Houston Rockets in 1995, has in depth teaching expertise on the collegiate {and professional} ranges. His hiring was seen as a big transfer for the HBCU, aiming to revive its once-proud basketball custom. Nevertheless, Saint Augustine’s monetary struggles have been well-documented, culminating within the suspension of a number of athletic applications and ongoing accreditation challenges.
Saint Augustine’s College was suspended from CIAA competitors in the course of the 2024-2025 season, and SAU didn’t compete in males’s basketball.
Because the case strikes ahead, it would add one other chapter to the mounting challenges at Saint Augustine’s College, which as soon as celebrated its wealthy athletic historical past however now finds itself preventing battles each on and off the court docket.
