Stewart getting $1.65 million
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former West Virginia coach Bill Stewart will receive $1.65 million as part of a settlement agreement, the university said Monday.
WVU released the agreement to The Associated Press under a West Virginia Freedom of Information Act request.
The agreement is dated June 10, the same day Stewart resigned. Coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen was introduced as head coach that night.
The structure of the payment wasn’t immediately set. WVU said the payment was for “general and liquidated damages” but didn’t indicate whether any of it was for salary owed for the 2011 season.
As a condition of the settlement, the university and Stewart agreed not to pursue future action and refrain from engaging in disparaging conduct or communications against the other.
Stewart’s ties to the university were severed after 11 years.
