Current:Home > ScamsEx-West Virginia coach Bob Huggins enters diversion program after drunken driving arrest-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
Ex-West Virginia coach Bob Huggins enters diversion program after drunken driving arrest
View Date:2024-12-23 16:37:19
Former West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has entered a 12-month diversion program to resolve a drunken driving arrest.
Huggins had been scheduled for a formal arraignment on Thursday. According to court records in Pittsburgh, that hearing was canceled last month after he was accepted into the program. Under the agreement, his one-year probation period can be done after six months if he meets all conditions, including completion of an alcohol treatment program.
Huggins was assessed $2,810 in court costs and fees, including $300 for an alcohol highway safety program. His driver’s license was suspended for at least 60 days.
The diversion program was first reported by West Virginia network MetroNews.
Huggins stopped his SUV in the middle of traffic in Pittsburgh with a shredded tire on June 16. A breath test determined his blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit and he was arrested.
West Virginia announced the next day that Huggins had resigned, based in part on a text message sent from the cellphone of Huggins’ wife to a deputy athletic director. A week later, an interim replacement was named for the 2023-24 season.
It wasn’t until July 8 that Huggins released a statement saying he never officially stepped down and wanted to keep his job. He also said he had checked into a rehabilitation facility.
West Virginia has steadfastly maintained its stance that Huggins resigned, even though he accused the university of issuing a “false statement” sent in his name that he didn’t write or review.
Add to that Huggins’ use of an anti-gay slur and denigration of Catholics during a radio interview in May. After that incident, Huggins was suspended for three games, his salary of $4.15 million was cut by $1 million and his contract was reduced to a year-by-year review.
Under the contract Huggins signed in 2021, the university could have fired him for cause for conduct resulting in criminal charges, regardless of a conviction.
Huggins entered the Basketball Hall of Fame last September. The 69-year-old Huggins was the third-winningest coach all-time in Division I with 935 victories, trailing only Mike Krzyzewski of Duke (1,202) and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse (1,015), both of whom are retired.
veryGood! (18)
Related
- Arizona Supreme Court declines emergency request to extend ballot ‘curing’ deadline
- Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Secord fights on: once in Vietnam, now within family
- Texas jurors are deciding if a student’s parents are liable in a deadly 2018 school shooting
- Premier League highlights: Arsenal and Liverpool win season's opening Saturday
- Congress is revisiting UFOs: Here's what's happened since last hearing on extraterrestrials
- Nordstrom Rack's Top 100 Deals: Save Nearly $550 on These Boots & Up to 68% Off Cole Haan, Hunter & More
- French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88
- When is deadly force justified? Recent police killings raise questions
- It's about to be Red Cup Day at Starbucks. When is it and how to get the free coffee swag?
- Sofia Isella opens for Taylor Swift, says she's 'everything you would hope she'd be'
Ranking
- FBI raids New York City apartment of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, reports say
- Tropical Storm Ernesto sends powerful swells, rip currents to US East Coast
- Jerry Rice is letting son Brenden make his own name in NFL with Chargers
- Matthew Perry Couldn't Speak or Move Due to Ketamine Episode Days Before Death
- Tom Brady Shares How He's Preparing for Son Jack to Be a Stud
- Harris' economic plan promises voters affordable groceries and homes. Don't fall for it.
- Johnny Bananas and Other Challenge Stars Reveal Why the Victory Means More Than the Cash Prize
- Christina Hall and Taylor El Moussa Enjoy a Mother-Daughter Hair Day Amid Josh Hall Divorce
Recommendation
-
Sam LaPorta injury update: Lions TE injures shoulder, 'might miss' Week 11
-
The Bama Rush obsession is real: Inside the phenomena of OOTDs, sorority recruitment
-
New Jersey man sentenced to 7 years in arson, antisemitic graffiti cases
-
'Only Murders in the Building' Season 4 is coming out. Release date, cast, how to watch
-
New Jersey will issue a drought warning after driest October ever and as wildfires rage
-
College football begins next weekend with No. 10 Florida State facing Georgia Tech in Ireland
-
Authorities investigate death of airman based in New Mexico
-
Yankees outfielder Alex Verdugo finds out he's allergic to his batting gloves