Fired coach Majerle sues GCU for breach of contract

Former men's basketball coach Dan Majerle has filed a lawsuit for breach of contract after being fired by Grand Canyon earlier this year.

In the lawsuit filed in Superior Court on Monday, Majerle seeks the full amount of a contract that ran through 2022-23 before he was fired after seven seasons on March 12.

The lawsuit claims GCU breached the employment agreement with Majerle by not honoring the contract's severance provision after firing him without written grounds for dismissal.

"Dan is disappointed that GCU has decided not to honor their contract," Majerle's attorney Dana Hooper said in an email.

"He simply wants what is fair and proper under the contract and the law."