Former Cincinnati and West Virginia coach Bob Huggins living with a 'progressive cognitive condition'
CBS Sports • • sports
Key Points:
- Bob Huggins, Hall of Fame basketball coach, is living with a progressive cognitive condition affecting his memory and daily life, according to a statement from his family.
- The family had kept the condition private for months but chose to share the news as Huggins prepares for induction into the University of Cincinnati's James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame.
- Huggins, 73, is the all-time winningest coach at Cincinnati with 399 wins and has a total of 934 career victories across Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia.
- He coached at Cincinnati from 1989 to 2005, spent one season at Kansas State in 2006, and then 16 seasons at West Virginia, including a Final Four appearance in 2010.
- Huggins retired in 2023 following an arrest for driving under the influence, though he later stated he never technically resigned from West Virginia.
