Assistant resigns after OWI arrest; Report shows BAC twice legal limit

Now-former Michigan defensive line coach Greg Scruggs had a blood-alcohol content twice the state’s legal limit when he was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated Saturday morning in downtown Ann Arbor, according to a police report obtained by The Detroit News.

Scruggs resigned his position late Thursday morning, new head coach Sherrone Moore said in a statement.

Ann Arbor Police arrested Scruggs after 2 a.m. Saturday, when they came across his vehicle stopped with his hazard lights on.

According to the police report, Scruggs told officers he had been at Chop House, where he said he had two drinks, until 11:30 p.m., and then he went to Pretzel Bell, where he said he had no drinks. Officers smelled alcohol on his breath and observed bloodshot eyes, according to the police report. They administered field sobriety tests to Scruggs.

According to the police report, Scruggs said he was new in town, and wasn’t familiar with downtown.

Scruggs, who told officers he was working late, “beating his ass,” was arrested and taken to the Ann Arbor Police Station, and his vehicle, a 2021 black GMC Yukon Denali, was towed.

At the police station, Scruggs initially refused a breathalyzer, according to the police report, before asking officers what would take longer: taking the test or not taking the test. He said he had a work meeting at 10 a.m. Scruggs eventually agreed to take the test at 3:34 a.m., and blew a 0.16 on the first and, five minutes later, 0.17 on a second.

The legal limit in Michigan is 0.08.