Former West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins entered a 12-month diversion program to solve a DUI arrest earlier this summer, .
Huggins, who was in the middle of a very chaotic exit from West Virginia, was set for trial this week in Pittsburgh after his arrest there on June 16. However, that hearing was canceled after he was accepted into the program’s conversion process – which he could complete in six months if he met all of the conditions for his probationary period.
Huggins’ driver’s license was suspended for at least 60 days as part of the deal. He also must complete an alcohol treatment program and was fined nearly $3,000.
Bob Huggins’ troubled exit from West Virginia
Huggins had a very messy exit from West Virginia this summer.
In May, he was the longtime coach during an appearance on the Cincinnati station. And his salary was cut by $1 million after that incident.
Then in June, police officers in Pittsburgh reportedly found Huggins’ car blocking a road with his slashed tires. It was later reported that Huggins failed a field sobriety test and then blew . 210 on a breathalyser. Officers allegedly found a trash bag with empty beer cans on the passenger side floor of his car as well. , marking his second known DUI arrest.
One day after this arrest, West Virginia announced in a statement that Huggins had resigned and intended to retire from coaching altogether. However, Huggins later claimed that the statement was not written by him and that he still plans to return to coaching. Huggins then doubled down on that claim last month in a statement. It looked like he was released from a “world-class rehab center,” and he says he’s still working in West Virginia.
West Virginia has repeatedly retracted these allegations. The school has temporary capacity for next season. outside the program too.
A member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Huggins was the most active and winning head coach in college basketball with 935 career wins before he was discharged. Huggins, 69, won 10 conference tournament titles and reached the Final Four twice while coaching at West Virginia, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Akron and Walsh.