CRUCE v. BERKELEY CTY. SCH. DIST.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001520 Opinion No. 28186.

442 S.C. 1 (2024)

896 S.E.2d 765

Jeffrey Lance CRUCE, Petitioner, v. BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed January 17, 2024.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucy Clark Sanders and Nancy Bloodgood, both of Bloodgood & Sanders, LLC, of Mt. Pleasant, for Petitioner.

E. Brandon Gaskins, of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, of Charleston; Richard J. Morgan, of Burr & Forman LLP, of Columbia; and Andrew F. Lindemann, of Lindemann Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia, all for Respondent.


Petitioner Jeffrey L. Cruce became the head football coach and athletic director for Berkeley High School in 2011. For the 2015 season, he adopted a controversial "no punt" offensive scheme for the football team. This strategy stirred intense debate among followers of the team and was covered in local and even national sports pages...

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