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Ancient University of Southern Florida Football coach Jim Leavitt faces several accusations, including theft and battery, after being arrested in Florida on Monday following an alleged altercation with a ex-girlfriend, according to the police archives.
Leavitt, 68 Presumed altercation With her ex-girlfriend this Monday evening.
File – The southern Florida head coach Jim Leavitt watches his team play Charleston Southern in a university football match in NCAA in Tampa, Florida, September 19, 2009. (AP photo / Chris O’Meara, file)
According to an arrest report from the Saint Petersburg police service, Leavitt is accused of having caught the woman by her arm while trying to move away from him. In addition, he is accused of having taken the Louis Vuitton handbag, the clutch and the woman’s portfolio, which were valued at more than $ 5,000.
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Leavitt is also accused of having pushed another man into the chest during the altercation.
He was released the next day, according to online prison files from the Pinellas County Sheriff.
Leavitt, 68, was accused of a flight chief of theft and two charges of simple battery offense and domestic battery after an alleged altercation with his ex-girlfriend on August 25, 2025. (Saint Petersburg police department)
Leavitt was inducted at the USF sports fame this year.
He was the first of the school football coach When the program made its debut in 1997. After 13 seasons with the Bulls, he remains the most winning coach in the history of the program with a 95-57 file.
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Leavitt had an immediate impact on the university football scene, helping the USF reaching a national classification n ° 2 in 2007 and supervising five consecutive bowl appearances from 2005 to 2009, winning three. He was dismissed in 2010, after an investigation determined that he had struck a player at halftime in a match in the previous fall.
He continued to have a successful but brief career in the NFL. Leavitt was coach of the seconds for the 49ers of San Francisco From 2011-14, helping to lead them to an NFC championship and an appearance of the Super Bowl.
The coach of the seconds of San Francisco 49ers Jim Leavitt on the sidelines during the match against the Cowboys of Dallas at the Stade AT&T on September 7, 2014. (Tim Heitman / USA TODAY SPORTS)
He returned to university football as a defensive coordinator in Colorado, Oregon, FAU and, more recently, to SMU in 2021.
Leavitt’s lawyer, Lucas Fleming, said to Fox 13 After an appearance in court on Tuesday, the situation was a “misunderstanding”.
“He believes that he did nothing wrong in this situation,” said Fleming. “”[It’s a] A misunderstanding that we hope will be resolved favorable to Mr. Leavitt at a given time when we will have the capacity to make these comments and arguments at the Office of the State Prosecutor. “”
