Oklahoma Coach Resigns

Oklahoma baseball Coach Larry Cochell resigned Sunday, five days after using a racial slur during interviews with ESPN.

Cochell submitted a letter of resignation to school President David Boren, who had met hours earlier with Athletic Director Joe Castiglione and members of the university’s black community.

“A good and caring man has made a terrible mistake for which he must assume responsibility,” Boren said in a statement.

ESPN said Friday that Cochell, who is white, used a slur after praising a freshman outfielder, who is black, during two off-camera interviews Tuesday. Cochell, who had been head coach since 1991, apologized Friday and in his resignation letter.

“I deeply regret that I carelessly used language that is clearly contrary to the basic values of our university,” Cochell said in the letter.

Assistant coach Sunny Golloway was named interim coach.