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Bob Huggins resigns as West Virginia coach after DUI arrest, per reports
By Andrew Olson
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Bob Huggins will no longer coach West Virginia basketball, according to multiple reports. The news comes after the Hall of Fame coach was arrested for DUI on Friday night.
Jeff Goodman of Stadium was first to report that Huggins informed his Mountaineers team that he would not be their coach next season. Matt Norlander of CBS adds that Huggins, 69, will be retiring from coaching.
Confirming @GoodmanHoops‘ report that Bob Huggins has told his team he will no longer be coaching them. Additionally, source tells @CBSSports that Huggins will be retiring. The expected framing of this is a resignation.
An announcement is coming shortly.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) June 18, 2023
BREAKING: West Virginia Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins has informed his team that he won’t be coaching them and intends to resign, following last night’s DUI incident, source told @stadium.
Staff members and coaches were in tears as Huggins delivered the news around 9 pm ET,…
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) June 18, 2023
Through the 2022-23 season, Huggins was the winningest active head coach with 935 victories. A Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee in 2022, Huggins has been a head coach at Walsh (1980-83), Akron (1984-89), Cincinnati (1989-2005), Kansas State (2006-07) and West Virginia (2007-present), posting a record of 935-414.
The DUI arrest is the second time this offseason that Huggins has made headlines for the wrong reasons. Huggins was facing a suspension and agreed to a salary cut after making multiple homophobic remarks during a radio interview.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
