Cale Gundy

Dean Blevins, John Holcomb, Steve McGehee and Dusty Dvoracek discussed Gundy's impact on the Sooners Sunday night on the Oklahoma Ford Sports Blitz. The ...

Cale Gundy, a coach and mainstay of the Oklahoma Sooners college football program, resigned on Sunday after admitting to reading aloud a word in front of ...

"The culture we're building in our program is based on mutual respect. "He's dedicated more than half of his life to Oklahoma football and has served our program and university well," he said. We also acknowledge that in stepping aside he's placed the program and the welfare of our student-athletes first. "I noticed a player was distracted and picked up his iPad and read aloud the words that were written on the screen," Gundy's statement explained. "The words displayed had nothing to do with football. He eventually returned to his alma mater's football program as part of the then-coach Bob Stoops' staff in 1999.

Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy resigned on Sunday after an incident in which he read a player's iPad and uttered a word he shouldn't have ...

He was among the holdovers when Venables took over in December 2021. "One particular word that I should never – under circumstance – have uttered was displayed on the screen. "I want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words. "It’s with sadness that I accept coach Gundy’s resignation," Venables said. The 50-year-old coach made the decision in a statement on social media and a statement from the school followed. I noticed a player was distracted and picked up his iPad and read aloud the words that were written on his screen.

Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation Sunday after using offensive language during a film session last week.

Gundy, the longtime OU assistant who shockingly resigned Sunday night, had four eventful seasons as a Sooner QB, including a Bedlam moment that sparked his ...

He finished his career with 6,142 passing yards — a number that stood firm atop the OU record books until Gundy returned as Bob Stoops’ running backs coach in 1999 and helped Josh Heupel wipe out every one of his old records. When Gundy graduated, he held the three most prolific passing seasons in OU history. OU went 7-4 the year before Gundy arrived, then finished 8-3, 9-3, 5-4-2 and 9-3 in his four seasons. The Buffs won 32-23. But R.D. Lashar’s 46-yard field goal went wide left and Texas held on to a 14-13 win. Gundy hit 8-of-14 passes for 169 yards with one passing touchdown and one rushing touchdown and had a 14-12 lead at Colorado — the 1990 eventual national champion — when he left the game due to injury.

Oklahoma Sooners wide receivers coach Cale Gundy resigned Sunday night after using offensive language during a film session after reading it off of a ...

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables announced the promotion of offensive analyst L'Damian Washington as an assistant on an interim basis. “It's with sadness that I ...

As the leaders of this program, it’s essential that we hold ourselves to the highest standards as we model for our players the type of men we want them to become." “The culture we’re building in our program is based on mutual respect. In coaching and in life, we’re all accountable for our actions and the resulting outcomes. In the moment, I did not even realize what I was reading and, as soon as I did, I was horrified. We also acknowledge that in stepping aside he’s placed the program and the welfare of our student-athletes first. Gundy was the Sooners' wide receivers coach and has been with the program as an offensive assistant or coordinator since the 1999 season.

In an surprise announcement, long-time assistant and former player, Cale Gundy resigned from his position as the Sooners wide receiver coach.

As the leaders of this program, it’s essential that we hold ourselves to the highest standards as we model for our players the type of men we want them to become. In coaching and in life, we’re all accountable for our actions and the resulting outcomes. “The culture we’re building in our program is based on mutual respect. Gundy had been an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma since 1999, coaching a variety of positions during his tenure. In the moment, I did not even realize what I was reading and, as soon as I did, I was horrified. Still, I am mature enough to know that the word I said was shameful and hurtful, no matter my intentions.

Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation Sunday after using offensive language during a film session last week.

Cale Gundy, a longtime assistant football coach at Oklahoma, saw a "shameful" word on the screen of a player's iPad, read it out loud at a team meeting and ...

We also acknowledge that in stepping aside he's placed the program and the welfare of our student-athletes first. Gundy, the brother of Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy, joined the Sooners sideline in 1999. "He's dedicated more than half his life to Oklahoma Football and has served our program and university well. "We're thankful for that commitment. "The words displayed had nothing to do with football. "I noticed a player was distracted and picked up his iPad and read aloud the words that were written on his screen.

Cale Gundy, who had coached with the Sooners since 1999, said he was "horrified" when he realized the word he read aloud off a player's iPad.

“He’s dedicated more than half of his life to Oklahoma Football and has served our program and university well,” Venables said in a statement. Gundy played quarterback at Oklahoma from 1990 to 1993 and served as a graduate assistant on coach Gary Gibbs’s Sooners staff in 1994 before coaching quarterbacks and running backs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1995 to 1998. We also acknowledge that in stepping aside he’s placed the program and the welfare of our student-athletes first. “What I said was not malicious; it wasn’t even intentional,” Gundy continued. Oklahoma wide receivers coach Cale Gundy, the longest-tenured football assistant in the Big 12 Conference, resigned Sunday night after reading aloud a “shameful and hurtful” word off a player’s iPad during a recent film session. One particular word that I should never — under any circumstance — have uttered was displayed on that screen.”

University of Oklahoma assistant head football coach and former Sooners quarterback Cale Gundy resigned Sunday after admitting to using 'shameful' language ...

He has one Big 12 title and was named conference Coach of the Year in 2010. According to a St. Louis Dispatch article from the game (left), Gundy denied the accusations and told reporters that the Buffaloes players initiated the trash talking. Buffaloes teammates Alfred Williams, Kanavis McGhee Bruce Young and Okland Salavea reported the allegation to the media at the time, as seen in this 1989 article from The Oklahoman (right) 'I'm a little upset, because after 31 years I finally saw the story published in your papers out in Oklahoma,' he continued, referring to The Oklahoman's game story from 1989. He went on to tell the media to read a Sports Illustrated article about Colorado's disciplinary problems within the football program. 'I grew up in the Bay area and went to school obviously in Oklahoma. I know racists and have witnessed both obvious and discreet forms of racism and have known and detested even more actual racist (sic). Coach Gundy is the farthest thing from this type of person.' The incident took place during a recent film session when the assistant coach found one player distracted and looking at his iPad, Cale Gundy said in his statement. As the leader of this program, it's essential that we hold ourselves to the highest standards as we model to our players the type of men we want them to become.' Gundy was the Sooners' quarterback from 1990 until 1993, finishing with more than 6,000 passing yards and 35 touchdowns. In that circumstance, a man of character accepts accountability,' Gundy said. 'It's with sadness that I accept coach Gundy´s resignation,' Venables said. 'The unfortunate reality is that someone in my position can cause harm without ever meaning to do so.

Longtime Oklahoma football assistant coach Cale Gundy announced on Sunday he would be resigning from the program. In a message on Twitter, Gundy explained ...

In a statement, Oklahoma coach Brent Venables thanked Gundy for his time coaching at Oklahoma and said he accepted the resignation "with sadness." "In coaching and in life, we're all accountable for our actions and the resulting outcomes," Venables said. But I leave confident that the team will continue to prospect and I leave with tremendous love for the University of Oklahoma and its athletics department." Gundy said he feels this is a "critical moment" for Oklahoma, and that the team should not be distracted. "In the moment, I did not even realize what I was reading and, as soon as I did, I was horrified," Gundy said. "I won't do the program I love the disservice of distracting from this mission," Gundy wrote.

Oklahoma Sooners assistant football coach Cale Gundy has resigned from his position after he used a "shameful" word during a team meeting.

“I want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words. I spent every day for the 1,000 days I was in Norman with him, and I never saw anything that would lead anyone to believe this or think this.” One particular word that I should never — under any circumstance — have uttered was displayed on that screen.

Oklahoma wide receivers coach Cale Gundy resigned on Sunday after it was revealed that he used inappropriate language in a film study with several Sooners ...

In coaching and in life, we're all accountable for our actions and the resulting outcomes. "I want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words," he wrote. "What I said was not malicious; it wasn't even intentional. In the moment, I did not even realize what I was reading and, as soon as I did, I was horrified." I noticed a player was distracted and picked up his iPad and read aloud the words that were written on his screen. On particular word that I should never—under any circumstance—have uttered was displayed on that screen.

Gundy said he read a word off of a player's iPad screen – and was "horrified" as soon as he said it.

Coach Gundy is the farthest thing from this type of person," he wrote in a statement. "In coaching and in life, we're all accountable for our actions and the resulting outcomes," Venables said in a statement. "One particular word that I should never – under any circumstance – have uttered was displayed on that screen.

You can imagine that the recent controversy that led to Cale Gundy's abrupt resignation caught Bob Stoops off guard.

I’ve worked along side Cale for 23 years and know him to be a man of character and a person that loves and cares for his players as well as OU. Thank you Cale for all the hard work you poured into our program, it will be remembered!" The 50-year-old coach now leaves Oklahoma - his alma mater - after over 20 years as an assistant. So you can imagine that the recent controversy that led to Gundy's abrupt resignation caught Stoops off guard.

Oklahoma Sooners assistant football coach Cale Gundy has resigned from the Big 12 school after reading aloud a "shameful and hurtful" word during a film ...

"I recognize this is a critical moment for Oklahoma football," Gundy wrote. "Our staff is here to develop successful student-athletes, but also young men of character. I want to be very clear: The words that I read aloud from that screen were not my words. The culture we're building in our program is based on mutual respect. "What I said was not malicious; it wasn't even intentional. According to Gundy, what he saw on the screen had nothing to do with football.

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables released a second statement Monday regarding the resignation of wide receivers coach Cale Gundy, providing new details about ...

The longtime OU assistant has played a major role in shaping Oklahoma's offensive coaching staff by recruiting many of those guys to Norman.

He’s served on staff at Missouri as well as spending last season as the wide receivers coach at Southern University, but it will be another task entirely to try and replace the recruiting impact Gundy has had on the Sooners. Looking into Oklahoma’s support staffers, Gundy was on staff when Phil Loadholt, Jon Cooper, Rufus Alexander, Curtis Lofton and Caleb Kelly all came to OU as well, a testament to years of service Gundy dedicated to the program. Over the course of his coaching career at OU, Gundy was essential in winning recruiting battles while working with the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers.

Oklahoma assistant coach Cale Gundy's sudden resignation Sunday came after Gundy read "a racially charged word" aloud multiple times, coach Brent Venables ...

"Again, his resignation was the right thing to do, and we will move forward positively." "The unfortunate reality is that someone in my position can cause harm without ever meaning to do so," Gundy wrote in a statement posted to his Twitter account. "Coach Gundy resigned from the program because he knows what he did was wrong," Venables said Monday. "He chose to read aloud to his players, not once but multiple times, a racially charged word that is objectionable to everyone, and does not reflect the attitude and values of our university or our football program.

Gundy resigned Sunday after he read a racial slur aloud from a player's iPad during a film session.

“In coaching and in life, we’re all accountable for our actions and the resulting outcomes. We also acknowledge that in stepping aside he’s placed the program and the welfare of our student-athletes first.“ “He’s dedicated more than half of his life to Oklahoma football and has served our program and university well.

University of Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy stepped down after repeatedly saying a 'racially charged' term to his players, according to ...

According to a St. Louis Dispatch article from the game (left), Gundy denied the accusations and told reporters that the Buffaloes players initiated the trash talking. Buffaloes teammates Alfred Williams, Kanavis McGhee Bruce Young and Okland Salavea reported the allegation to the media at the time, as seen in this 1989 article from The Oklahoman (right) He has one Big 12 title and was named conference Coach of the Year in 2010. He went on to tell the media to read a Sports Illustrated article about Colorado's disciplinary problems within the football program. The incident took place during a recent film session when the assistant coach found one player distracted and looking at his iPad, Cale Gundy said in his statement. 'I'm a little upset, because after 31 years I finally saw the story published in your papers out in Oklahoma,' Williams continued, referring to The Oklahoman's game story from 1989. 'I grew up in the Bay area and went to school obviously in Oklahoma. I know racists and have witnessed both obvious and discreet forms of racism and have known and detested even more actual racist (sic). Coach Gundy is the farthest thing from this type of person.' Gundy was the Sooners' quarterback from 1990 until 1993, finishing with more than 6,000 passing yards and 35 touchdowns. Oklahoma assistant head football coach and former Sooners quarterback Cale Gundy (left) resigned Sunday after admitting to using 'shameful' language during a film session last week. 'Coach Gundy resigned from the program because he knows what he did was wrong,' Venables said in his second statement on Gundy's exit. As the leader of this program, it's essential that we hold ourselves to the highest standards as we model to our players the type of men we want them to become.' Gundy had insisted that he uttered the offending term inadvertently while reading it aloud off a player's iPad.

Oklahoma's longtime assistant football coach Cale Gundy did more than apologize for using a "shameful and hurtful" word during a film session.

A player in a film session wasn’t paying attention, Gundy became enraged about it, and when he started reading what was on the screen as a way to make an example of the player, Gundy ended up using a word he shouldn’t have used. “I recognize this is a critical moment for Oklahoma football,” Gundy wrote. He had to recognize no one was above the rules. In the end, he decided it didn't matter that he’d been angry. It doesn’t cease to exist in a behind-closed-doors film session. That means at least a couple of days passed before he resigned, and there’s every reason to believe lots of internal discussions were had during that time. It was a necessary next step. In a world that now questions pretty much everything, lots of us wondered whether there was more to the story. Those of us in the media world have long been in the habit of questioning everything, so we’ll keep poking around. “One particular word that I should never ― under any circumstance ― have uttered was displayed on that screen. Once everything settled Monday morning, crimson-clad receivers had gathered in a far, empty corner of the practice fields. The longtime Sooner assistant abruptly and shockingly resigned late Sunday evening.

Gundy, a longtime Oklahoma assistant, resigned after using "one particular word that I should never — under any circumstance — have uttered."

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Cat Gundy, the daughter of former Oklahoma football assistant Cale Gundy, called out Sooners head coach Brent Venables' statement about her father's ...

It is still unclear exactly what word was said by Gundy during the film session. “What I said was not malicious; it wasn’t even intentional,” Gundy stated. “He chose to read aloud to his players, not once but multiple times, a racially charged word that is objectionable to everyone, and does not reflect the attitude and values of our university or our football program,” Venables said.

Several of Gundy's former players have taken to social media to speak on his behalf after his sudden resignation on Sunday evening.

He didn’t have to make trips to my hometown just to eat breakfast tacos with me at my favorite restaurant, and he most certainly doesn’t still have to call me to this day just to check on me. If not for Coach Gundy I would not have attended OU, survived at OU, stayed at OU, and succeeded in life after OU. I owe my education and professional career to him and most importantly owe who I am as a person to him.” “I came here in 2006 for the tradition and the love of this program,” Murray wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. “Also the love for Coach Gundy, he’s provided so much knowledge to me over the years and I will always support and love him as well as his entire family. I just want to thank him with the most sincerity I have for investing the extra time he did with me. “I want you to know that I support you as you go through what I can only imagine as being one of the toughest situations you’ve had to deal with in your life!,” Peterson wrote. “From the very first day he got in contact with me when I played JUCO, he went out of his way to show me he believed in me.