A lawsuit by a former Radford University baseball player against his ex-coach at the university has been resolved.
In a statement from the U.S. District Court in Roanoke, the case is now closed.
Details have not been released, but the coach, Karl Kuhn, never admitted to the allegations.
The then-player Jordan Peyton accused Kuhn in 2021 of mistreatment of he and other players. He complained to university officials over season-long verbal abuse and indifference to players’ mental and physical health. The player said he did not play much while at RU and was expected to burn a redshirt year late in the season.
Early in the case, U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski ordered the Radford University baseball player, who came forward accusing his former coach of mistreating players, to no longer stay in the weeds. He must not be listed as “John Doe” in the lawsuit against Kuhn. Urbanski called it an “inequality” in allowing the accuser to proceed pseudonymously while Kuhn is forced to defend himself publicly.
The former player said he sought to protect the privacy of his academic and medical records. In the suit, the student, who is black, said Kuhn prohibited players from attending a racial justice rally, which was being held on campus. A second accusation said Kuhn grouped minority players together in an area of the locker room.
Kuhn denied the allegations.
The player has said he was targeted by his former coach after “leading” a group of players
about their concerns over longtime verbal abuse.
In 2019, Kuhn was named the head baseball coach at Radford University, He was 47-64 at the school and was previously the pitching coach at the University of Virginia.
Kuhn resigned in 2022. He is now the head coach at Charleston Southern. Peyton transferred to Towson University.
According to court records, the case was resolved on “mutually agreeable terms.”
