The reinstatement and financial settlement come nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor and nearly eight years after his initial 2015 firing.
'The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.'
After being fired for praying on the field, coach Joe Kennedy has been battling the decision in the courts for years. Now, the Supreme Court has signaled it may come to his defense.
'The government must never stand between the people and God,' Trump said as he promised to protect the First Amendment and the rights of students to pray in school.