Oklahoma Sooners football assistant coach Cale Gundy has resigned from his position after using "shameful" language during a team meeting.
The 50-year-old, whose younger brother Mike Gandy is head coach at rival Oklahoma State University, released a lengthy statement on social media Sunday night, announcing his He announced his resignation and apologized for using the term. The player reads from his iPad.
"I have a duty to the Sooner Nation to be transparent about the reasons that led to this decision. Last week, during a film session, I asked players to take notes. I did," the statement read.
"I noticed a distracted player picking up an iPad and reading out words written on the screen. The words displayed had nothing to do with football." The screen displayed words that should never be spoken, and at that moment I didn't even understand what I was reading, and the moment I did, I was horrified.
Words read aloud from the screen weren't my words, what I said wasn't malicious, it wasn't intentional, yet what I said was shameful and hurt regardless of my intentions
Before stepping down, Gundy worked as wide receiver coach and assistant head coach, with Damian Washington taking over his position.
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Exactly which words were said remains unclear, although it appeared to imply that former Sooners runback Joe Mixon included racial overtones. After resigning, Mixon issued a statement defending Gandhi:
, '' Mixon's statement wrote. "Gundy is far from this type of person. I spent every day with him during his 1,000 days at Norman and saw something that made someone believe or think this. There was nothing wrong."
