Cale Gundy, a coach for the Oklahoma Sooners resigned after reportedly using a racist phrase during a film session with the team.
Cale Gundy Resignation Details
Gundy Resigned After Using Offensive Term. “Cale Gundy, an assistant head coach for the Sooners, resigned after using offensive language during a film session last week. The 50-year-old coach made the decision in a statement on social media and a statement from the school followed. He had been with the program since 1999. He said in the statement he read a word off a player’s iPad he should have never uttered.” [Fox]
Bengals RB Joe Mixon: Gundy Not Racist. “Mixon, who played for Oklahoma in 2015 and 2016, said in a letter to the school that Gundy was not a racist and owed “who I am as a person to him.” “Most important Coach Gundy is not, and I repeat is not a racist in any way nor has a racist bone in his body, mind or soul,” Mixon said. “I grew up in the Bay Area and went to school obviously in Oklahoma. I know racists, I have witnesses both obvious and discreet forms of racism and have known and detested even more actual racist. Coach Gundy is the furthest thing from this type of person. I spent every day for the 1,000 days I was in Norman with him, and I never saw anything that would lead anyone to believe this or think this. During my years at OU, there was one constant and that was Coach Gundy. He was always there for me and all of my teammates, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, summer, winter, spring, and fall. No favor was too big, no ask too small, no advise (sic) too meaningless. Within the rules of the NCAA, whatever he could do for all players and myself he did. He is a father figure, a mentor, coach and best friend to me. He always had my best interest at heart and spent every moment enrichening my life, educating me, mentoring me, and making sure I was the best version of myself. I owe a lot of a lot of people for my success but no one more so than Coach Gundy. Without him, I am not the person I am today, the player I am in the NFL or the teammate I am.”” [Fox]
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