Report: West Virginia Sets Punishment for Bob Huggins

The Mountaineers are ready to hand down a punishment to Bob Huggins.

PITTSBURGH -- West Virginia athletics is ready to hand down a punishment to men's basketball head coach Bob Huggins following his use of a homophobic slur on a live radio show earlier this week.

According to a report from Pete Thamel of ESPN, Huggins will receive a suspension and forfeit $1 million in salary in addition to going through sensitivity training. Thamel added that these are requirements Huggins would need to fulfill before he is allowed to return to the sideline. 

Sources: WVU and coach Bob Huggins are finalizing details for him to return to the sideline next season in the wake of him using an anti-gay slur in a radio interview earlier this week. He's expected to receive a suspension, $1 million salary reduction and sensitivity training. pic.twitter.com/w2VSVrl22p

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) May 10, 2023

Huggins, the former Cincinnati Bearcats head coach, called Xavier fans "Catholic [explative]s" in an appearance for the Bill Cunningham Show on WLW radio in Cincinnati. The Mountaineers played there last season and Huggins has a long history with the Musketeers and their fans, who are bitter, long-time rivals of their neighbors in Cincinnati, the Bearcats. 

Pitt is scheduled to make the trip down to Morgantown early this December for the 190th edition of the Backyard Brawl. Whether Huggins will be there to greet them is unclear. 

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