Troy Taylor, the former head coach at Folsom High School, Sacramento State and Stanford, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, suing ESPN and writer Xuan Thai.

Taylor was dismissed by Stanford GM Andrew Luck in March, shortly after an ESPN report implied that the coach ‘bullied’ female staffers.

Troy Taylor is going after the Worldwide Leader following his Stanford ouster. The former head coach of the Cardinal football team has filed a lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Xuan Thai, alleging that he was defamed in a story that preceded his firing in March by Stanford general manager Andrew Luck.

Taylor, who was Stanford's coach for two seasons, was fired by general manager Andrew Luck six days after ESPN's March 19 report.

Former Stanford head football coach Troy Taylor filed a lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Xuan Thai on Wednesday for defamation, alleging that multiple articles about how the university investigated the coach’s behavior influenced the decision to fire him in March.

Back in March the college football world got a brief shock when Stanford head coach Troy Taylor was suddenly fired following an investigation into alleged bullying within the program. Now, Taylor is looking to get some payback (literally,