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05-02-2005, 12:18 PM
Longtime Sooners baseball coach resigns following racial slur
May 2, 2005
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Longtime Oklahoma baseball coach Larry Cochell resigned Sunday, five days after using a racial slur during off-camera interviews with ESPN.
Cochell submitted a letter of resignation to school president David Boren, who had met hours earlier with athletic director Joe Castiglione and members of the university's black community.
``A good and caring man has made a terrible mistake for which he must assume responsibility,'' Boren said in a statement.
ESPN said Friday that Cochell, who is white, used a slur after praising a freshman outfielder, who is black, during two pre-broadcast interviews Tuesday.
Assistant coach Sunny Golloway was named interim coach.
Cochell, who was 511-336-1 in 14 seasons at Oklahoma and led the Sooners to the College World Series title in 1994, apologized Friday and in his resignation letter.
``As I have said in a public statement, I deeply regret that I carelessly used language that is clearly contrary to the basic values of our university,'' Cochell said in the letter released by the school. ``Those words also created an impression contrary to my own personal values and my respect for all people. ... I do not want to be the cause of any person having a mistaken impression about our university.''
Two ESPN commentators preparing for the Sooners' game against Wichita State on Tuesday held separate off-camera interviews with the coach in which he made similar remarks, but weren't aware of that until discussing it a few days later, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.
ESPN then reported the story Friday.
``We recognize that stories of this nature could have significant repercussions and we took great pains to bring the appropriate sensitivity and balance to our reporting,'' Krulewitz said Sunday.
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaabb/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpa3NpZm9sBF9TAzk1ODYyNzk2BHNlYwN0bQ--?slug=ap-oklahoma-cochellresigns&prov=ap&type=lgns
anybody know what he said? :shrug:
May 2, 2005
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Longtime Oklahoma baseball coach Larry Cochell resigned Sunday, five days after using a racial slur during off-camera interviews with ESPN.
Cochell submitted a letter of resignation to school president David Boren, who had met hours earlier with athletic director Joe Castiglione and members of the university's black community.
``A good and caring man has made a terrible mistake for which he must assume responsibility,'' Boren said in a statement.
ESPN said Friday that Cochell, who is white, used a slur after praising a freshman outfielder, who is black, during two pre-broadcast interviews Tuesday.
Assistant coach Sunny Golloway was named interim coach.
Cochell, who was 511-336-1 in 14 seasons at Oklahoma and led the Sooners to the College World Series title in 1994, apologized Friday and in his resignation letter.
``As I have said in a public statement, I deeply regret that I carelessly used language that is clearly contrary to the basic values of our university,'' Cochell said in the letter released by the school. ``Those words also created an impression contrary to my own personal values and my respect for all people. ... I do not want to be the cause of any person having a mistaken impression about our university.''
Two ESPN commentators preparing for the Sooners' game against Wichita State on Tuesday held separate off-camera interviews with the coach in which he made similar remarks, but weren't aware of that until discussing it a few days later, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.
ESPN then reported the story Friday.
``We recognize that stories of this nature could have significant repercussions and we took great pains to bring the appropriate sensitivity and balance to our reporting,'' Krulewitz said Sunday.
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaabb/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpa3NpZm9sBF9TAzk1ODYyNzk2BHNlYwN0bQ--?slug=ap-oklahoma-cochellresigns&prov=ap&type=lgns
anybody know what he said? :shrug: