Court Action Threatened

Attorneys for UNLV basketball Coach Jerry Tarkanian say they’ll go to court if he is not allowed to rescind his resignation and continue coaching next year.

Attorneys for the coach delivered a letter to UNLV President Robert Maxson Tuesday, declaring Tarkanian’s resignation of June 6, 1991 to be null and void. The resignation was to have been effective July 1, 1992, but Tarkanian told supporters Sunday night that he was withdrawing it.

The five-page letter to Maxson said Tarkanian was “coerced and pressured” into signing the resignation agreement.