Schembechler on Twitter behavior: ‘I was wrong’

• Heather Dinich, ESPN

  • Elder WriterMay 22, 2023, 08:07 AM ET Close College football reporter
  • Signed up with ESPN.com in 2007
  • Graduate of Indiana University

Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler, kid of longtime Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, issued an apology Sunday night for offending actions on social media that resulted in his resignation from the football program Saturday evening.Schembechler, 53, stepped down just three days after he was hired as Michigan’s assistant director of football recruiting. His declaration yielded that he took part in”flippant behavior on Twitter,”which included various offensive and insensitive posts, consisting of several recommending slavery and Jim Crow had the positive effect of reinforcing Black people and households.”Any words or philosophies that in any method look for to underplay the immeasurable suffering and long-term economic and social inequities that hundreds of years of slavery and the’Jim Crow’era triggered for Black Americans is incorrect,”Schembechler said in the declaration, which was released through a public relations firm based in Arizona.”I was incorrect. We must never sterilize morally unsanitary, historical behaviors that have actually prevented the Black community, or any other community. There are no historic silver linings for the experience of our bros and sisters.” Editor’s Picks His Twitter account, @shemyscout, was deactivated Saturday. Schembechler had actually been a long time NFL scout, most recently with the Las Vegas Raiders until February. He also searched for Washington, Chicago and Kansas City. Schembechler spent more than a decade working for Washington’s organization.On May 17, Schembechler tweeted:”I’m beyond honored to return home to @UMichFootball! #GoBlue always and forever!”On Might 20, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel and coach Jim Harbaugh released a shared declaration revealing Schembechler’s resignation.”We understand some comments and likes on social networks that have actually triggered concern and pain for individuals in our community,”it read.”Michigan Sports is fully devoted to a place where our coaches, personnel and student-athletes feel welcome and where we fully support the University’s and Athletic Department’s dedication to diversity, equity and addition.”