Texas A&M president, director of athletics ‘unequivocally condemn’ racist letter sent to Sumlin

Unsurprisingly, Texas A&M president Michael Young and director of athletics Scott Woodward have condemned the “disgusting” and “threatening” letter Kevin Sumlin received on Thursday.

“On behalf of all Aggies,” the statement said, “Our thoughts are with Coach Sumlin and his family, and we will do all that we can to ensure their safety.”

Here is the full statement from the Texas A&M athletics website:

“Earlier this evening, we became aware of a letter of unknown origin that was sent to the Sumlin family home. We unequivocally condemn this disgusting and threatening letter. There is no excuse for hatred and, as a community, we will not allow the ignorance of some to intimidate any member of our community.  On behalf of all Aggies, our thoughts are with Coach Sumlin and his family, and we will do all that we can to ensure their safety. We are working with law enforcement authorities to bring the sender of this letter to justice. We stand with the Sumlins and will not accept this inexcusable act of hate.”

Sumlin’s wife, Charlene, shared the appalling hate mail to Twitter on Thursday evening.

Be warned, it is incredibly offensive.

People of 2017: please tell me how any part of this is ok. And to the sender: did it occur to you that a child may open it?#orelseWHAT? pic.twitter.com/Co1s2Hb94r

— charlene sumlin (@courshel) September 7, 2017

Cody McClure

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.