by MBJ Staff Published: February 12,2013
Tags: award, coach, coaching, consultant, consulting, entrepreneur, magazine, media, rank, ranking, small busdiness
JACKSON — Entrepreneur Magazine has named The Growth Coach of Metro-Jackson the top business coaching and consulting franchise for 2013. Entrepreneur Magazine recently released the 2013 “Top 500 Franchise” list, ranking The Growth Coach franchise system as the number one nationwide as well as in its top 250 franchises overall. This is the eighth straight [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
Tags: athletics, basketball, coach, education, higher education, land, lease, property, public education, public school, public university, real estate, school, sports
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Former Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury and a business partner will lease about 312 acres of 16th Section school land in Oktibbeha County for $31,290 annually. The county school board had rejected an earlier proposal involving 400 acres from Stansbury and partner John Barnett because the rental fee was too low. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 6,2012
Tags: appeal, athlete, athletics, bench, coach, court, decision, discrimination, employer, employment, higher education, job, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, reverse, ruling, sexual harrassment, sports, trial, university
HATTIESBURG — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled against three former University of Southern Mississippi soccer coaches who claimed sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. The Hattiesburg American reports the ruling reversed a 2008 Forrest County Circuit verdict that awarded a total of $1.2 million in damages to the coaches. The Supreme Court found insufficient evidence [...] [...]