Myron Medcalf, ESPN Workforce Scribbler
Bob Huggins, the longtime West Virginia males’s basketball schoolteacher, worn an anti-gay slur in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station on Monday, an incident he then apologized for in a observation.
The condition is beneath assessment via each the college and its athletic area.
All over an look at the Invoice Cunningham Display on Newsradio 700 WLW, Huggins was once requested about his former in-city competition with Xavier all over his occasion because the Cincinnati schoolteacher from 1989 to 2005.
“Any school that can throw rubber penises on the floor and then say they didn’t do it, my God, they can get away with anything,” Huggins stated within the interview.
Cunningham nearest spoke back and stated, “I think it was ‘transgender night,’ wasn’t it?”
Huggins nearest stated, “What it was, was all those f-gs, those Catholic f-gs, I think.”
He nearest added: “They were envious they didn’t have one,” which looked to be a connection with his previous feedback about gadgets that have been thrown onto the courtroom all over a sport between Xavier and Cincinnati.
At the Mountaineers’ Twitter web page, a statement of apology appeared from Huggins at 5:21 p.m. ET.
“Earlier today on a Cincinnati radio program, I was asked about the rivalry between my former employer, the University of Cincinnati, and its crosstown rival, Xavier University,” the observation learn.
“During the conversation, I used a completely insensitive and abhorrent phrase that there is simply no excuse for — and I won’t try to make one here. I deeply apologize to the individuals I have offended, as well as to the Xavier University community, the University of Cincinnati and West Virginia University. As I have shared with my players over my 40 years of coaching, there are consequences for our words and actions, and I will fully accept [anything] coming my way. I am ashamed and embarrassed and heartbroken for those I have hurt. I must do better, and I will.”
Just about 20 mins then, a statement from the university landed on the Mountaineers’ athletic department Twitter page, addressing the “insensitive, offensive” remarks.
“Coach Huggins’ remarks today on a Cincinnati radio show were insensitive, offensive and do not represent our university values,” the observation learn. “West Virginia University does not condone the use of such language and takes such actions very seriously. The situation is under review and will be addressed by the university and its athletic department.”
Huggins, 69, is a West Virginia graduate who additionally coached at Akron sooner than being rented at Cincinnati nearest coached at Kansas State sooner than becoming a member of the Mountaineers. In 38 years at the faculty sidelines, Huggins has an 863-389 occupation file and a .689 successful share.
