UPDATE: Naismith Corridor of Fame basketball coach Bob Huggins resigned Saturday evening. 

The 69-year-old Huggins stated in a press release that his “latest actions don’t characterize the values of the College or the management anticipated on this position … I’ve let all of you — and myself — down.”

He advised his gamers at a workforce assembly on Saturday.

“I’m solely accountable for my conduct and sincerely apologize to the College group — significantly to the student-athletes, coaches and employees in our program,” Huggins wrote in his assertion. “I need to do higher, and I plan to spend the subsequent few months targeted on my well being and my household in order that I may be the individual they deserve.”

EARLIER: West Virginia head basketball coach Bob Huggins — a prime coach already on skinny ice for his earlier use of homophobic slurs – was charged with driving below the affect Friday evening in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh police report Huggins was driving a black SUV round 8:30 p.m. when officers noticed his automobile stopped in the midst of the highway blocking site visitors. The driving force’s facet door was open and the automobile had a flat and shredded tire.

When questioned, officers reported they “had robust suspicion to imagine the male was intoxicated.”

Huggins failed customary subject sobriety exams and officers noticed “empty beer cans in a white rubbish bag of empty metallic beer bottles. Within the trunk of the automobile was one other white rubbish bag of empty metallic beer bottles.”

The breathalyzer take a look at on Huggins got here again with a .21. The authorized restrict in Pennsylvania is .08, which means Huggins registered greater than twice the authorized restrict.

A preliminary listening to on the matter was set for a later date.

“West Virginia College is conscious of an incident final evening involving Head Males’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins, for which he was charged with Driving Below the Affect (DUI) within the Metropolis of Pittsburgh. We’re gathering extra data and can take applicable motion as soon as the assessment is full,” the varsity stated in a press release.

Huggins, age 69, was suspended by West Virginia for the primary three video games of the 2023-24 season after utilizing a homophobic slur a number of time in a podcast interview. He additionally had his pay lowered for the 2023-24 season by $1 million and had his contract amended from a multi-year settlement to a year-by-year settlement. He was additionally mandated to bear sensitivity coaching.

Huggins has compiled a 935-414 (.693) document in 41 seasons as a head coach, which incorporates stints at Walsh School (1980-83), Akron (1984-1989), Cincinnati (1989-2005), Kansas State (2006-07) and West Virginia (2007-present).