2025 finish: 4-8-0 across 12 games. Jump into coaching history, title years, and long-view program trends.
Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown • WV
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This overview connects the core facts behind West Virginia football: conference home, stadium context, all-time record, title seasons, Heisman winners, coaching tenures, and the recent season baseline. It is meant to be the starting point before moving into the deeper team tabs.
The latest indexed season is 2025, when West Virginia finished 4-8. Use the related links to compare West Virginia against national title lists, all-time wins, rankings, rivalries, recruiting, and transfer activity.
Institution + Market Profile
Morgantown, WV · Big 12
NACUBO participant value; entity may be university, foundation, system, or related foundations as named in the NACUBO Excel.
Enrollment
24,741
Fall 2024
Living Alumni
220,000
rounded public/institutional alumni figure
200-Mile Population
13,000,000
Modeled rounded U.S. population estimate within 200-mile great-circle radius; see Methodology sheet.
Nearest Pro Team
Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
54.7 mi from campus · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
Endowment
$889.0M
FY2025 · P4 rank 66 · +2.8% YoY
Billionaire Alumni
1
John Chambers
Enrollment, alumni, market, and endowment values are directional; school reporting scopes and named endowment entities vary.
Program history
West Virginia football is inseparable from state pride. The Mountaineers represent a state without major professional sports, and Milan Puskar Stadium has often felt like the center of West Virginia’s athletic identity. The program built history as an Eastern independent and later as a Big East power, with the Backyard Brawl against Pitt standing as its fiercest rivalry.
Don Nehlen became the coach most associated with West Virginia’s national rise. His 1988 team, led by Major Harris, went undefeated in the regular season and played Notre Dame for the national championship in the Fiesta Bowl. Harris’s athleticism and improvisational style made him one of the most exciting players of his era and gave the Mountaineers a national moment.
Rich Rodriguez’s 2000s teams added another golden period. With Pat White, Steve Slaton, Owen Schmitt, and a devastating spread-option attack, West Virginia became one of the most entertaining programs in the country. The 2006 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia and the 2007 season’s near miss at a national title game remain defining moments for modern Mountaineer fans.
The move to the Big 12 created a new geographic reality, pulling West Virginia away from many traditional Eastern rivals while giving the program a major-conference home. Through all the changes, the Mountaineers’ history remains grounded in identity: a proud, passionate fan base, explosive offensive eras, and the belief that West Virginia can punch above its market size when the right coach and quarterback arrive together.
Program Snapshot
Core program details, venue context, and team visuals in one place.
Conference
Big 12
Division
Not listed
Home field
Milan Puskar Stadium
Location
Morgantown, WV
Capacity
60,000
Venue type
Outdoor
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2025: 4-8-0
12 games tracked with a 33% win rate.
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Read storyCoaching History
| Rich Rodriguez | 2025 | 0-0-0 |
| Chad Scott | 2024 | 0-1-0 |
| Neal Brown | 2019-2024 | 37-35-0 |
| Dana Holgorsen | 2011-2018 | 61-41-0 |
| Bill Stewart | 2008-2010 | 27-12-0 |
| Rich Rodriguez | 2001-2007 | 60-26-0 |
| Don Nehlen | 1980-2000 | 149-93-4 |
| Frank Cignetti | 1976-1979 | 17-27-0 |
| Bobby Bowden | 1970-1975 | 42-26-0 |
| Jim Carlen | 1966-1969 | 25-13-3 |
| Gene Corum | 1960-1965 | 29-30-2 |
| Art Lewis | 1950-1959 | 58-38-2 |
| Dudley DeGroot | 1948-1949 | 13-9-1 |
| Bill Kern | 1946-1947 | 11-9-0 |
| Rat Rogers | 1943-1945 | 11-12-2 |
| Bill Kern | 1940-1942 | 13-14-1 |
| Marshall Glenn | 1937-1939 | 14-12-3 |
| Trusty Tallman | 1934-1936 | 15-12-2 |
| Greasy Neale | 1931-1933 | 12-16-3 |
| Rat Rogers | 1925-1930 | 33-19-6 |
| Clarence Spears | 1921-1924 | 30-6-3 |
| Mont McIntire | 1919-1920 | 13-6-1 |
| Mont McIntire | 1916-1917 | 11-5-3 |
| Sol Metzger | 1914-1915 | 10-5-1 |
| Edwin Sweetland | 1913 | 3-4-2 |
| C.A. Lueder | 1909 | 4-3-2 |
National Championships
No national championships recorded.
Heisman Trophy Winners
No Heisman Trophy winners from this school.
West Virginia quick answers
Record
4-8
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West Virginia coaching history on this page spans 26 tracked head coaches, led by Don Nehlen with 149 wins from 1980-2000.
West Virginia does not have a recorded national championship season on this page.