Glenn "Shemy" Schembechler, in a lengthy statement, said he has promoted "Black excellence" throughout his career in football, and that the Black players he has known are among the "great influences" in his life.
Schembechler, the son of the late former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, resigned Saturday, three days after he announced on social media he had been hired as assistant director of Michigan football recruiting. His Twitter timeline featured a number of posts and "likes" of multiple offensive and insensitive comments, including several suggesting slavery and Jim Crow were a positive to strengthen Black individuals and families.
By Saturday afternoon, he had scrubbed more than 2,000 "likes" and retweets from his Twitter timeline, and by Saturday night he had deactivated his account.
