After getting fired last spring from her coaching job at Miami, Ferne Labati said she planned to sue.

The suit was filed in Florida state court yesterday. Labati alleges age and gender discrimination.

"I'm damaged goods now," she said. "People that know me look at me and say, `Tell me the truth. There has to be something else why they fired you.' What coach do you know works for a company for 17 years, bleeds orange and green, and the athletic director walks into their office and says, `You're fired' after one bad season?"