{"id":1928290,"date":"2023-05-10T15:56:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T19:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gay-slur-has-legendary-basketball-coach-bob-huggins-fighting-for-his-job\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T19:58:39","slug":"gay-slur-has-legendary-basketball-coach-bob-huggins-fighting-for-his-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gay-slur-has-legendary-basketball-coach-bob-huggins-fighting-for-his-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Bob Huggins&#8217; Job at Risk Due to Gay Slur"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgay-slur-has-legendary-basketball-coach-bob-huggins-fighting-for-his-job%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>West Virginia Basketball Coach Bob Huggins Under Fire for Using Gay Slur<\/h2>\n<p>Longtime West Virginia University basketball Coach Bob Huggins is facing backlash after using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-galaxy-star-fined-suspended-2-games-for-calling-teammate-an-anti-gay-slur\/\" title=\"L.A. Galaxy Star Fined, Suspended 2 Games For Calling Teammate An Anti-Gay Slur\">gay slur<\/a> to insult an opponent\u2019s fans during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-five-states-to-stop-counting-on-election-night-is-absolutely-unprecedented-sidney-powell-lays-out-evidence-of-rampant-election-fraud-in-latest-interview-audio\/\" title=\"\u201cFor Five States to Stop Counting on Election Night Is Absolutely Unprecedented\u201d \u2013 Sidney Powell Lays Out Evidence of Rampant Election Fraud in Latest Interview (Audio)\">radio interview<\/a> on Monday. Huggins, 69, was being interviewed by Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham on WLW when he made the insensitive remark.<\/p>\n<h3>The Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Huggins was asked about an incident in which Xavier fans threw sex toys onto the floor during a game against University of Cincinnati back when Huggins coached the Bearcats. \u201cAny school that can throw rubber penises on the floor and then say they didn\u2019t do it, my God, they can get away with anything,\u201d Huggins said. Cunningham quipped, \u201cI think it was \u2018transgender night,\u2019 wasn\u2019t it?\u201d That prompted the response from Huggins that some say could end his tenure in Morgantown. \u201cWhat it was, was all those f*gs, those Catholic f*gs, I think,\u201d Huggins said.<\/p>\n<h3>The Apology<\/h3>\n<p>Huggins later apologized for his insensitive remarks. \u201cDuring the conversation, I used a completely insensitive and abhorrent phrase that there is simply no excuse for \u2014 and I won\u2019t try to make one here. I deeply apologize to the individuals I have offended, as well as to the Xavier University community, the University of Cincinnati and West Virginia University. As I have shared with my players over my 40 years of coaching, there are consequences for our words and actions, and I will fully accept [anything] coming my way. I am ashamed and embarrassed and heartbroken for those I have hurt. I must do better, and I will.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Consequences<\/h3>\n<p>West Virginia University is reviewing the incident and issued a statement condemning the remarks. \u201cCoach Huggins\u2019 remarks today on a Cincinnati radio show were insensitive, offensive and do not represent our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-student-senator-caught-stealing-9-11-memorial-flags-to-protest-american-imperialism-islamophobia\/\" title=\"Radical Student Senator Caught Stealing 9\/11 Memorial Flags To Protest \u2018American Imperialism,\u2019 \u2018Islamophobia\u2019\">university values<\/a>,\u201d the statement read. \u201cWest Virginia University does not condone the use of such language and takes such actions very seriously. The situation is under review and will be addressed by the university and its athletic department.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Backlash<\/h3>\n<p>Calls for Huggins\u2019 ouster came quickly. \u201cIf West Virginia retains Huggins, its message to LGBTQ students or citizens of the state would be undeniable: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gay-slur-has-legendary-basketball-coach-bob-huggins-fighting-for-his-job\/\" title=\"Coach Bob Huggins' Job at Risk Due to Gay Slur\">basketball coach thinks<\/a> your very existence is funny and to be made fun of,\u201d wrote USA Today basketball writer Dan Wolken. \u201cHow can anyone in a position of power at West Virginia accept that?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Huggins\u2019 Career<\/h3>\n<p>Huggins, an Ohio native who graduated from West Virginia, has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/battle-of-the-blue-bloods-in-new-orleans\/\" title=\"Battle Of The Blue Bloods In New Orleans\">college basketball coach<\/a> for 38 years. His career includes stints at University of Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and his current job at West Virginia. He has compiled an 863-389 record. Huggins was fired from the Cincinnati job in 2005 despite leading the team to 14 straight NCAA tournament berths, after being arrested a year earlier for driving under the influence. Since taking over at West Virginia in 2007, Huggins has led the Mountaineers to 11 NCAA tournament appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime West Virginia University basketball Coach Bob Huggins is facing calls for his firing after he used a gay slur to insult an opponent\u2019s fans during a radio interview Monday. Huggins, 69, was being interviewed by Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham on WLW when he was asked about an incident in which Xavier fans threw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1928291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[9620,4024,7644,26380,7819,7514,5128],"class_list":["post-1928290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-bob","tag-coach","tag-gay","tag-huggins","tag-job","tag-risk","tag-slur"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}