Longtime West Virginia head basketball coach Bob Huggins has been arrested in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on expenses of driving beneath the affect.
In response to the Metropolis of Pittsburgh’s Public Security Blotter, police ‘noticed a black SUV… in the midst of the street, blocking visitors’ with the motive force’s facet door open and exhibiting having a ‘flat and shredded tire’.
Officers requested Huggins to maneuver the automotive off the street to assist along with his flat tire, however he had problem transferring the automotive to get different automobiles previous.
Consequently, police flashed their lights and after questioning believed he was intoxicated.
Huggins failed normal subject sobriety assessments and was positioned in custody with out incident.
West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has been arrested in Pittsburgh on DUI cost
He was charged with DUI and launched from custody with an order to seem at a later date for a preliminary listening to.
In a press release, West Virginia College mentioned they had been, ‘conscious of an incident final evening involving Head Males’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins, for which he was charged with Driving Below the Affect within the Metropolis of Pittsburgh.
‘We’re gathering extra data and can take applicable motion as soon as the overview is full.’
In response to a police legal grievance as discovered by CBS Sports activities’ Matt Norlander, Huggins carried out a breathalyzer check after being transported to a police division headquarters and blew a .210 ‘after a number of failed makes an attempt’.
This grievance says that when observing his automotive – which was leased by way of WVU – Huggins’ tire ‘was shredded about 3/4ths of the best way round’ and the odor of alcohol was on his breath.
Officers reportedly additionally discovered a number of cans and bottles of beer in white rubbish baggage within the automotive.
When requested how he obtained to Pittsburgh, Huggins reportedly mentioned that he recalled stopping at a Burger King. After fumbling and looking for a receipt, he produced mentioned receipt that confirmed he bought meals round 1.30pm. The officers had been responding to this incident at round 8.30pm.
‘Just a few occasions Huggins acknowledged he was in “Columbus”,’ the report mentioned. ‘[Responding officer] took that as Columbus, Ohio since Huggins acknowledged he was in an unknown location in Ohio for what he acknowledged was a basketball camp.’
Huggins reportedly failed a number of subject sobriety assessments and blew a blood alcohol stage of .210
The grievance continues, saying that responding officers ‘requested Huggins roughly 10 occasions the place he was really at and he by no means as soon as responded with the present metropolis he was in’.
Huggins wanted help attending to a flat floor the place he failed three sobriety assessments – every tried a number of occasions.
After transport to the police division and the breathalyzer, Huggins was transported to a hospital for a blood draw.
This isn’t Huggins’ first DUI incident. He was beforehand arrested whereas he was the pinnacle coach on the College of Cincinnati in 2004.
In response to a report from the Washington Post on the time, Huggins had exhibited slurred speech and there was vomit on the motive force’s facet door.
He ended up pleading no contest to the costs – leading to a six-month suspended license and a $350 effective, per WCPO.
That report additionally mentioned the Justice of the Peace overseeing the trial gave Huggins the choice of three days in jail or in drivers’ intervention, however didn’t say which Huggins selected.
‘I made a really poor resolution that is mirrored negatively on the basketball program and the college,’ Huggins mentioned alongside his spouse and two daughters.
Huggins had beforehand been charged with a DUI whereas teaching on the College of Cincinnati
‘For that, I deeply remorse it. I take accountability for my actions. I will do my half to guarantee that one thing like this may by no means occur once more.’
It was this incident that in the end led to then-university president Nancy Zimpher to provide Huggins an ultimatum of accepting a $3m buyout or to be reassigned exterior the athletic division for the remainder of his contract.
He ended up accepting the buyout and took a yr off from teaching earlier than signing with Kansas State in 2006.
By the 2006-07 season’s finish, Huggins determined to return to West Virginia – his alma mater. He is put up a file of 345-203 within the 16 seasons he is been in cost.
Huggins has been beneath fireplace this offseason for points previous to this DUI – when he was caught on a radio show in Cincinnati using homophobic slurs.
Speaking on Bill Cunningham’s radio show on WLW, Huggins referenced a time that rival Xavier followers ‘[threw] rubber penises on the ground after which [said] they did not do it, by God they will get away with something’.
After the radio host joked that it will need to have been ‘transgender evening’, Huggins then mentioned, ‘It was a Crosstown Shootout, yeah, no, what it was, was all these f**s, these Catholic f**s I feel’ earlier than quipping that they threw these objects as a result of ‘they had been envious they did not have one.’
Huggins later issued an apology for his phrases and West Virginia punished him. He was fined $1m by the varsity and was suspended for the primary three video games of the upcoming 2023-24 school basketball season.
Huggins has been at West Virginia for the reason that 2007-08 season, accumulating a 345-203 file
His feedback had been referred to as ‘deplorable’ by the president of Xavier University and panned by the LGBTQ+ community.
In response to ESPN, there have been ‘indicators that the 2023-24 season loomed as the ultimate one for Huggins’ within the aftermath of these feedback.
On prime of the $1m effective, which took the type of a wage discount, ESPN says Huggins ‘was primarily given a contract that’s assured for less than a yr, a rarity in school sports activities.’
That report additionally speculates that would imply officers at WVU ‘managed Huggins’ future and will ease right into a transition to the following workers with out worrying about owing him a major amount of cash.’
