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West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has agreed to a three-game suspension, a $1 million salary reduction and sensitivity training for using a homophobic slur during a radio interview, the university announced Wednesday.
The agreement allows Huggins to keep his job as the school's coach, but the blunder will leave a lasting mark on his Hall of Fame career.
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee and athletic director Wren Baker said in a joint statement that the university has "made it explicitly clear to Coach Huggins that any incidents of similar derogatory and offensive language will result in immediate termination."
Under the agreement, Huggins and all current and future athletics coaching staff will be required to undergo training that will be developed by the university's LGBTQ+ Center to address all aspects of inequality, including homophobia, transphobia and sexism. Huggins also will be required to meet with LGBTQ+ leaders from across the state.
Under the agreement, Huggins' salary of $4.15 million will be reduced by $1 million. That reduction will be used to directly support WVU's LGBTQ+ Center, as well as a mental health center at the university and other groups that support marginalized communities.
Huggins will be suspended for the first three games of the 2023-24 season. In addition, his contract will be amended from a multi-year agreement to a year-by-year agreement that will begin on May 10 of this year and end on April 30, 2024.
PSU gets transfer
UNIVERSITY PARK Penn State men's basketball head coach Mike Rhoades announced the addition of graduate transfer RayQuawndis Mitchell to the Nittany Lion program Wednesday. Mitchell has one season of eligibility remaining.
Mitchell, a 6-foot-5 guard, spent the 2022-23 season at the University of Kansas City, leading the Roos with 17.3 points per game.
He ranked in the top 10 in the Summit League in free throws made (second), 3-pointers made per game (fourth), minutes per game (fifth), points per game (fifth), FT% (seventh) and FG% (eighth) and was the only member of the Kansas City team to start all 32 games of the season.
PSU players in combine
CHICAGO - Penn State men's basketball standouts Jalen Pickett and Seth Lundy have been invited to participate in the 2023 NBA Draft Combine.
Pickett and Lundy are two of 78 players on the list of official invitees.
The 2023 NBA Draft Combine is set for May 15-21 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The 2023 NBA Draft is slated for June 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn