West Virginia coach Bob Huggins repeatedly used a homophobic slur during radio appearance

Huggins used the slur twice on air.

West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins was set to enter his 17th season in Morgantown. But his job status is understandably in doubt after Monday’s radio appearance with WLW in Cincinnati.

In a phone call on Bill Cunningham’s show, Huggins repeatedly said a homophobic slur while referring to Xavier fans throwing a sex toy onto the court during his time as the head coach at Cincinnati.

After a host made a transphobic joke, Huggins said in response, “Yeah, it was a cross-town shootout. No, what it was was all those [expletive]. Those Catholic [expletive].” The clip of the call can be heard here.

A few hours after the show, the school’s Twitter account posted an apology attributed to Huggins.

Update: The school also issued a statement.

But college basketball fans were ready to see the school move on after those bigoted remarks.