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Current + Former WVU Players React to Huggins Resigning as Head Coach

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Current + Former WVU Players React to Huggins Resigning as Head Coach
Current + Former WVU Players React to Huggins Resigning as Head Coach

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The correct term is now former WVU head coach Bob Huggins and boy, is that going to be difficult to get used to. Saturday night, Huggins informed the team that he would not be coaching this season following his DUI arrest in Pittsburgh on Friday.

In addition to meeting with the team, Huggins submitted his resignation letter to the university and plans on retiring.

Shortly after Huggins met with the team, a few players on the roster took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the news they had just received.

Guard Kerr Kriisa

Forward Josiah Harris

Guard Jose Perez

Guard Omar Silverio

A handful of former Mountaineers also expressed their gratitude toward Coach Huggins.

Former WVU guard Erik Stevenson

Former WVU forward Gabe Osabuohien

Former WVU forward Emmitt Matthews Jr.

Former WVU forward John Flowers

Former WVU center Jimmy Bell Jr.

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Schuyler Callihan is the publisher of West Virginia On SI and has been a trusted source covering the Mountaineers since 2016. He is the host of Between The Eers, The Walk Thru Game Day Show, and In the Gun Podcast. The Wheeling, WV native moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2020 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers.

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