It appears as though Bob Huggins has coached his last game, at least for West Virginia University.
Huggins, who has coached the Mountaineers since 2007, reportedly told his team and assistant coaches that he will be leaving the program following a DUI arrest in Pittsburgh on Friday night.
Jeff Goodman of Stadium reported on Saturday that “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.”
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
Friday’s DUI was just the latest in what was already a tumultuous offseason for the 69-year-old Huggins. He had previously come under fire when in a conversation about Xavier, Huggins was heard making disparaging comments about both homosexuals and Catholics.
The news is certainly notable. Huggins had recruited a talented team to West Virginia and despite never winning a national championship, Huggins is one of the more decorated college basketball coaches in recent memory.
Despite that, the overwhelming majority of people in the college basketball world felt that one way or another, his tenure at West Virginia had to end.
The only possible outcome. https://t.co/ztmWSVI7Fr
— Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) June 18, 2023
This one hurts. But the right move.
Sad, sad end to a Hall of Fame career. And a potentially devastating blow to a basketball program that had built up a lot of momentum headed in 2023-24.#WVU https://t.co/VGwGKFgbhg
— James Barrickman (@JamesBarrickman) June 18, 2023
What a sad ending. WVU is being nice by letting him resign, they could have (should have?) just fired him on the spot. The man needs help and I hope he gets it. Sad way to do a lot of damage to a long legacy. https://t.co/MpzmzeM03P
— Brendan Dzwierzynski (@BrendanDzw) June 18, 2023
Big news from the men's CBK world as Bob Huggins will reportedly resign as WVU's head coach. The DUI report was sad (we RT'd it earlier), and it comes after his "Catholic f**s" comment on a radio show roughly six weeks ago.
Glad no one was hurt, but this is still rough to see. https://t.co/Wb0msONmov
— KTXT Sports 🌵 (@KTXT_Sports) June 18, 2023
Brutal way for a Hall of Fame career to end. https://t.co/qiFrIKa9LX
— Matt Grossenbach (@MattGrossenbach) June 18, 2023
While Huggins is most known for his tenures at West Virginia and Cincinnati, he also coached at Walsh, Akron and Kansas State. He made a Final Four once with the Bearcats in 1992 and again with the Mountaineers in 2010. Huggins has a career record of 935–414 and was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.
