The daughter of Bob Huggins had a lot to say in the wake of her father’s resignation from the university.
A recent DUI arrest was the final straw for West Virginia, with Huggins announcing his resignation. He is seemingly done forever as he retired and stepped away from college basketball after being a head coach for over four decades.
His daughter, Jacque, called out University President Gordon Gee and the West Virginia Board for their actions as she claimed Huggins could’ve used somebody to step in and provide help following his DUI but instead, Gee and the board decided to “turn (their) backs.”
“To Gordon Gee & your board, be better and do better,” Jacque Huggins said in a Facebook post. “Throwing stones at glass houses is also not how to represent such a great University. Treating someone like they don’t matter after they have given their whole heart and soul to your University? You could have helped, but chose to turn your backs. Not only on him, on the guys, the staff, the boosters. Everyone. You’re the classless ones, the cowards, the backstabbers, and most of all hypocrites.
“Remember the 24 million dollar practice facility, that was not in anyway funded by the University? The 17 million into your hospitals for cancer research? I can only pray you never make another mistake like you have in the past to be crucified for. Cue Ohio State. Enrollment down 30%, mountains of debt, and too much more to list. Do your job that you were assigned to do and bring WVU back.”
Also in the facebook post was Jacque claiming her father was “not an alcoholic” and drinks like 90% of us do.”
It wasn’t just the DUI, but also the fact he had just had another major controversy with homophobic comments made earlier in the year while appearing on a radio show in Cincinnati. Had he not announced his resignation, it seems her post made it clear he would be fired.
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Either way, West Virginia was going to be moving in a different direction and looking for a new head coach.
Huggins’ career in Morgantown ends after 16 seasons where the team made the NCAA Tournament 11 times. One of the two Final Fours in program history came under Huggins’ watch, occurring during the 2010 tournament.
