West Virginia University and defensive coordinator Vic Koenning have mutually agreed to part ways, following a month long investigation into misconduct alleged by sophomore safety Kerry Martin Jr. via Twitter.
On June 23rd, the West Virginia Mountaineers were blindsided when sophomore Martin released a set of tweets accusing Koenning of behavior that was unbecoming of a person in his position. The tweets alleged that Koenning had a “slave masters” mentality and used his position as defensive coordinator to push a religious agenda on players who were not Christian.
Later that evening head coach Neal Brown released a statement, which showed compassion for Kerry’s tweets but cast doubt on the entire allegations, stating “I first learned about Kerry’s stated concerns via Twitter.