Bob Huggins' daughter passionately defends dad after DUI arrest, West Virginia resignation

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Bob Huggins’ daughter went on a passionate defense of her father after the Basketball Hall of Famer resigned from his position as West Virginia men’s basketball coach on Saturday.

Huggins was arrested on a DUI charge Friday around 8:30 p.m. ET after his SUVI stopped in the middle of traffic in Pittsburgh with a shredded tire and the driver’s-side door open. Authorities said responding officers asked Huggins to move to the side but observed that he had trouble doing so.

Upon further questioning, officers suspected he was intoxicated and asked him to exit the vehicle. The police report said he failed standard sobriety tests and was taken into custody without further incident and transported for further testing. According to the Herald-Dispatch, officers found a garbage bag with empty beer cans in the front of the vehicle and empty beer bottles in the trunk.

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It was later determined his blood-alcohol content was twice the legal limit.

Jacque Huggins posted a lengthy statement on Facebook targeting West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee and the school’s board and said her father was not an alcoholic.

West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins watches from the bench during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa State, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

"To Gordon Gee & your board, be better and do better. Throwing stones at glass houses is also not how to represent such a great University. Treating someone like they don’t matter after they have given their whole heart and soul to your University? You could have helped,