West Virginia parts ways with 防御の 調整者／コーディネーター
West Virginia and 防御の 調整者／コーディネーター Vic Koenning agreed to a 相互の 分離 Wednesday に引き続いて an 調査 into his 申し立てられた／疑わしい 虐待 of players.
Mountaineers safety Kerry ツバメ Jr. （人命などを）奪う，主張するd on social マスコミ last month that Koenning called him "retarded" and made 不適切な 発言／述べるs about 宗教, politics and the 最近の 抗議するs against 人種差別主義 and police brutality.
長，率いる coach Neal Brown said in a 声明 that parting ways with Koenning "places us in the best position to 前向きに／確かに move 今後."
Koenning, 60, 問題／発行するd an 陳謝 "to anyone who perceived something I said or did as hurtful."
"I wish to thank all the 現在の and former players, coaches and 同僚s -- of all different ethnicities and backgrounds -- whose support and 激励 have been invaluable to me and my family," he said in a 声明, per ESPN.
"I am relieved the 過程 is over but will be forever changed by the experience. 本人自身で, I'd love to get 支援する to coaching our guys, but I know that doing so would create 付加 scrutiny and ぐずぐず残る distractions for our program. Taking all this into consideration, we have come to this 相互の 決定／判定勝ち（する） to separate."
Koenning had been on 行政の leave since June 23.
He joined the WVU staff in 2019 after 持つ／拘留するing the same position under Brown at Troy from 2015-18. Koenning was the 長，率いる coach at Wyoming from 2000-02 and as the 暫定的な 長，率いる coach at Illinois in 2011.
--Field Level マスコミ
