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FOI #25-028 (01-17-25, 5:35 pm) - Subject - Football and Basketball Contracts
Name - Tafari Lumumba
Affiliation - Tafari Law PLLC
This request is a follow up to a request fulfilled on 1/16/2025 [Lumumba 25-023] for Football and Basketball contracts. This request seeks the documents outlined below:
College Football Contracts
- November 11, 2021 Head Football Coach Employment Agreement between James Mora and the University of Connecticut.
- June 18, 2023 First Amendment to the Head Football Coach Employment Agreement between James Mora and the University of Connecticut.
Men’s College Basketball Contracts
- [Date unknown] Head Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Daniel Hurley and the University of Connecticut [requester is seeking the version of the contract amended by the April 1, 2023 Amended Head Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Mr. Hurley and the University]
- April 1, 2023 Amended Head Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Daniel Hurley and the University of Connecticut
- [Date unknown] Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Thomas Moore and the University of Connecticut [requester is seeking the version amended by the April 1, 2023 Amended and Restated Agreement between Thomas Moore and the University]
- April 1, 2023 Amended and Restated Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Thomas Moore and the University of Connecticut
- March 22, 2024, First Amendment to the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Thomas Moore and the University of Connecticut
- April 6, 2022 Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Luke Murry and the University of Connecticut
- July 3, 2023 First Amendment to the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Luke Murray and the University of Connecticut
- March 22, 2024 Second Amendment to the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Luke Murray and the University of Connecticut [referred to as the “Prior Employment Contract” in the May 1, 2024 First Amended and Restated Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement for Mr. Murray]
- June 2, 2021 Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Kimani Young and the University of Connecticut
Women’s College Basketball Contracts
- April 13, 2021 Head Women’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Geno Auriemma and the University of Connecticut.
- June 11, 2021 First Amendment to the Head Women’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Geno Auriemma and the University of Connecticut.
- May 17, 2021 Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Christine Dailey and the University of Connecticut.
- March 22, 2024 Second Amendment to the Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Christine Dailey and the University of Connecticut.
- The First Amendment to the Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach Agreement between Christine Dailey and the University of Connecticut [Date of agreement unknown to requester].
FOI #25-026 (01-17-25, 7:37 am) - Subject - Circumstances Leading Up to Chanel Miller January 18th 2015 Rape at Stanford University : Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing [1] your discussions about the National Council on Disability (NCD) as a federal agency of the United States government, which has on (or around) January 30th 2018 recognized that (i) “affirmative and effective consent” is being taught to (domestic and international) post-secondary students of America during the course of their freshmen year; (ii) college and university students in America (whether domestic or international) are informed about “healthy sexual relationships” during the course of their 1st (first) year of post-secondary academic education; [2] your discussions about Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who has (in the past) partially relied on the NCD January 30th 2018 report for the purpose of asserting that Brock Allen Turner was more likely than not informed (i) what constitutes “affirmative and effective consent” on the campus of Stanford University sometime in (or around) the months of August/September 2014 when he was a freshman undergraduate student; (ii) what constitutes “healthy sexual relationships” on the campus of Stanford University sometime (in or around) the months of August/September 2014 when he was a freshman undergraduate student of Stanford University; [3] the extent of your knowledge about the education Stanford University provided to Brock Allen Turner between August 27th 2014 and January 16th 2015 on the subject of what constitutes appropriate sexual boundaries (given the statements made in the NCD January 30th 2018 report); [4] the extent of your knowledge about any formal and/or informal inquiry submitted by the Santa Clara County government to ascertain if Stanford University educated Brock Allen Turner on what constitutes appropriate sexual boundaries given how (i) he was on (or around) January 10th 2015 accused of being sexually inappropriate with a female undergraduate student of Stanford University; (ii) he was on (or around) January 18th 2015 arrested for sexually assaulting Chanel Miller behind a dumpster (on the campus of Stanford University) while she was unconscious; [5] your discussions about the Department of Education (DoED) as a federal agency of the United States government, which has on its official website published a portable document file (PDF) wherein it recognized that the rules and regulations governing the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (i) guarantee no one who has attended or graduated from an American college/university a right to privacy; (ii) enable American colleges and universities to make academic documents (including the final results of disciplinary proceedings) available to members of the general public and representatives of the media.
I am requesting emails from any of the following email addresses to any University of Connecticut email domain, including uconn Health, the regional campuses and so on
FOI #25-023 (01-16-25, 1:19 am) - Subject - Football and Basketball Employment Agreements
Name - Tafari Lumumba
Affiliation - Tafari Law PLLC
The current contracts and/or employment agreements of the following persons:
University of Connecticut Men’s Basketball
- Dan Hurley, Head Coach
- Kimani Young, Associate Head Coach
- Tom Moore, Assistant Coach
- Luke Murray, Assistant Coach
University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball
- Geno Auriemma, Head Coach
- Chris Dailey, Associate Head Coach
- Jamelle Elliott, Assistant Coach
- Morgan Valley, Assistant Coach
- Tonya Cardoza, Assistant Coach
- Ben Kantor, Assistant Coach
University of Connecticut Football
- Jim Mora, Head Coach
- Christian Pace, Assistant Coach – Tight Ends
- Brad Robins, Assistant Coach – Quarterbacks/Pass Game Coordinator
- Antonio Wilcox – Assistant Coach – Running Backs
- Matt Brock – Assistant Coach – Defensive Coordinator
- Siriki Diabate – Assistant Coach – Linebackers / Run Game Coordinator
- Kashif Moore – Assistant Coach – Wide Receivers
- Dalton Hilliard – Assistant Coach – Secondary / Pass Game Coordinator
- Gordon Sammis – Assistant Coach – Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line
- Doug Shearer – Assistant Coach – Special Teams Coordinator / Sam’s / Recruiting Coordinator
- Kenny McClendon – Assistant Head Coach Defensive – Defensive Line
FOI #25-022 - Subject - NCAA Membership Financial Report
Name - Stacey Brook
Affiliation -
I request the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System revenue and expense reports for fiscal years 2004 & 2024. Specifically:
These reports are completed by the athletic department for the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the fiscal years listed above. This report is a multi-page document that had to be submitted to the NCAA in January. It contains 40+ revenue and expense categories, followed by specific breakdowns of each of those categories, by sport and gender. I am requesting the full report, including the detail tables, the “Other Reporting Items” list and the “Statement of Revenues and Expenses” that appears at the end of the report. PLEASE NOTE: The NCAA report is different than the equity report that is sent to the U.S. Department of Education for Title IX compliance.
FOI #25-020 (01-14-25, 11:36 pm) - Subject - Athletic NCAA MFRS Report for FY24
Name - Daniel Libit
Affiliation - Sportico
A copy of the University’s 2023-24 NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System (MFRS) annual report in PDF format. The document I seek should be about 80 PDF pages.