Ben Lindsey is a former collegiate basketball

Basketball

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 coach

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. During his 16 years as coach of Grand Canyon College

Grand Canyon University

Grand Canyon University is a for-profit Christian university located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Grand Canyon Education . GCU was founded in 1949 as a non-profit liberal arts college. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. purchased Grand Canyon University in February 2004...

 he accumulated a 317-137 record and won two NAIA championships

NAIA national men's basketball championship

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. Lindsey then coached the Arizona Wildcats

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 to a 4-24 record during a single season. Following his termination as head coach at Arizona, he filed a US$3 million wrongful termination suit

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 against the school claiming that he had received a verbal contract

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promising a minimum of four years to improve the school's basketball program. Lindsey prevailed in his legal battle and was awarded US$695,000 in damages. This award was later trimmed and the former coach collected US$215,000.