Longtime Oklahoma Sooners soccer assistant Cale Gundy resigns after studying aloud ‘shameful’ phrase off participant’s iPad

Cale Gundy, a fixture on the Oklahoma sideline and the longest-tenured soccer coach within the Large 12, resigned Sunday evening, saying that he learn aloud “a phrase that I ought to by no means — below any circumstance — have uttered” off the display of a participant’s iPad throughout a movie session final week.

He stated he seen {that a} participant, who was alleged to be taking notes throughout a movie session, was distracted and stated he picked up the participant’s iPad and browse the phrases on the display, together with the unspecified time period.

“The unlucky actuality is that somebody in my place may cause hurt with out ever which means to take action,” Gundy wrote in a statement posted to his Twitter account. “In that circumstance, a person of character accepts accountability. I take duty for this error. I apologize.”

Gundy stated that within the second he “didn’t even notice” what he was studying and, as quickly as he did, “I used to be horrified.”

“I wish to be very clear: the phrases I learn aloud from that display weren’t my phrases. What I stated was not malicious; it wasn’t even intentional,” Gundy wrote. “Nonetheless, I’m mature sufficient to know that the phrase I stated was shameful and hurtful, irrespective of my intentions.”

Gundy, 50, the youthful brother of Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, performed quarterback for the Sooners from 1990 to 1993, setting almost each faculty document by the point he graduated. He then returned as a part of Bob Stoops’ first employees in 1999 and had been part of all of Oklahoma’s 14 Large 12 titles and its 2000 nationwide championship. He spent 16 years because the operating backs coach, adopted by seven extra teaching inside receivers, and was OU’s assistant head coach.

First-year Sooners head coach Brent Venables, who served as an assistant alongside Gundy from 1999 to 2011 in Norman, issued a corresponding statement Sunday evening.

“It is with disappointment that I settle for Coach Gundy’s resignation. He is devoted greater than half his life to Oklahoma Soccer and has served our program and college nicely,” Venables stated. “We’re grateful for that dedication. We additionally acknowledge that in stepping apart he is positioned this system and the welfare of our student-athletes first. In teaching and in life, we’re all accountable for our actions and the ensuing outcomes.”

Cincinnati Bengals operating again Joe Mixon, who was coached by Gundy at Oklahoma, posted a letter on Twitter saying, partly, “If not for Coach Gundy I’d not have attended OU, survived at OU, stayed at OU, and succeeded in life after OU. I owe my schooling {and professional} profession to him and most significantly I owe who I’m as an individual to him. Most significantly Coach Gundy just isn’t, and I repeat just isn’t a racist in any approach nor has a racist bone in his physique, thoughts, or soul. … I do know racists, I’ve witnessed each apparent and discreet forms of racism and have identified and detested much more precise racist [sic]. Coach Gundy is the farthest factor from the sort of particular person.”

Sooner Nation This Ain’t Proper‼️ @OU_Football pic.twitter.com/2WoKGrxcXX

— ⚡️Primetime!!!⚡️ (@Joe_MainMixon) August 8, 2022

Gundy famous in his assertion that he didn’t want to be a distraction.

“I acknowledge it is a crucial second for Oklahoma soccer,” Gundy wrote. “This workforce — its coaches, gamers, administration and followers — don’t need to be distracted by off-the-field issues whereas working to proceed the custom of excellence that makes me so proud to be a Sooner.

“Naturally, I go away these sidelines heavy hearted. Teaching this soccer workforce really has been my life’s ardour.”

Venables stated that L’Damian Washington, an offensive analyst, will change Gundy on an interim foundation.