The state of Washington's Covid vaccine mandate permits employees to apply for and receive a religious exemption to the vaccine. The football coach applied for a religious exemption and it was denied. That is the biggest, overlooked issue here. What are the criteria for receiving the religious exemption, who is responsible for enforcing it, and was it fairly applied in this instance? Many employers, including hospitals, are so wary of questioning the legitimacy and veracity someone's self-professed religious beliefs that they won't deny an employee a religious exemption for the Covid vaccine, even when they suspect the employee is lying (i.e., medical workers who already get vaccinated for the flu and a myriad of other diseases that decide they won't take the Cover vaccine for religious reasons). Some state of Washington official(s) just did it. If the coach is contemplating any sort of legal action, I imagine that it would be on this basis.