MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Morgantown businessman John Raese has sent a letter to new West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee critical of the recent termination of long-time wrestling coach Craig Turnbull by athletics director Oliver Luck.
MORE: Read Raese’s letter to Gee here.
In newspaper articles after the firing, Turnbull contended Luck said he “was too old to coach.” Turnbull was told to turn in his keys along with his cell phone and was informed that he was not allowed to return to the facility when he was fired in March.
In his letter to the new WVU president, Raese outlined what he said was a series of legal and ethical missteps by Luck going back to the 1990 election when Luck was a candidate for the House of Representatives.
Raese is chairman of West Virginia Radio Corporation, which is currently in a legal dispute with the university and several other defendants regarding the multi-media rights contract awarded to IMG College, irregularities in the WVU procurement procedure and a series of multi-million scoreboard contracts that were secured without bids.