SAD NEWS: Oklahoma Sooners head coach just summitted his resignation letter to the management.
Oklahoma wide receivers coach Cale Gundy is resigning after reading a “hurtful” word in a team film session last week, he said in a statement released via Twitter late Sunday night.
Gundy, a former Sooners quarterback from 1990-93, has been an assistant at the university since 1999. He was the Big 12 Conference’s longest tenured coach prior to his resignations
Last week, during a film session, I instructed my players to take notes,” Gundy wrote. “I noticed a player was distracted and picked up his iPad and read aloud the words that were written on his screen. The words displayed had nothing to do with football. One particular word that I should never — under any circumstance — have uttered was displayed on that screen. In the moment, I did not even realize what I was reading and, as soon as I did, I was horrified.
I want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words. What I said was not malicious; it wasn’t even intentional. Still, I am mature enough to know that the word I said was shameful and hurtful, no matter my intentions. The unfortunate reality is that someone in my position can cause harm without ever meaning to do so. In that circumstance, a man of character accepts accountability. I take responsibility for my mistake. I apologize.”
Shortly after Gundy announced his resignation, OU head coach Brent Venables released a statement announcing offensive analyst L’Damian Washington as the Sooners’ interim wide receivers coach. Washington coached receivers at Southern University in 2021 and was a standout receiver at Missouri from 2010-13.