 The investigation also claimed that Leavitt interfered with the investigation by telling several coaches and players to change their stories.Leavitt maintains he never struck the player, but was merely trying to console him, and after a wrongful termination suit against USF, the school eventually settled with Leavitt for $2.75 million.On January 14, 2010, Skip Holtz, son of legendary coach Lou Holtz, was hired as the team's second head coach, leaving East Carolina At press conference to introduce Holtz to the community on January 15, 2010, someone in the crowd called out, "Beat Florida!