Cincinnati: Huggins Goes Quietly

Huggins Goes Quietly: A day after Cincinnati told coach Bob Huggins that he must resign or be fired, the school’s most successful coach opted for the former. Huggins walked away from the program where he has won 399 games, collecting what probably will be about $3 million in a buyout of his contract. But under Huggins, controversy consistently surrounded the program, from Huggins’ drunk driving arrest last year to low graduation rates to multiple players facing legal trouble. In May, school officials made it clear that they would not renew Huggins’ contract when it expired in 2007. The public lack of support hurt recruiting, so Huggins and his lawyer pushed for the school to reconsider. It did – and decided to make the coaching change sooner rather than later. Assistant coach Andy Kennedy is the frontrunner to become interim coach.
[8/24/05]