Coaching History
West Virginia Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for West Virginia.
Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown • WV
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Coaches
22
Indexed Record
702-482-41
Best Win %
Clarence Spears 80.8%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Rodriguez | 2001-2025 • 8 seasons | 64-34 | 65.3% | 24.4 | #5 |
| Neal Brown | 2019-2024 • 6 seasons | 37-35 | 51.4% | 6.5 | — |
| Chad Scott | 2024-2024 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | 1.2 | — |
| Dana Holgorsen | 2011-2018 • 8 seasons | 61-41 | 59.8% | 17.9 | #17 |
| Bill Stewart | 2008-2010 • 3 seasons | 27-12 | 69.2% | 10.0 | #23 |
| Don Nehlen | 1980-2000 • 21 seasons | 149-93-4 | 61.4% | 22.9 | #5 |
| Frank Cignetti | 1976-1979 • 4 seasons | 17-27 | 38.6% | 5.6 | — |
| Bobby Bowden | 1970-1975 • 6 seasons | 42-26 | 61.8% | 11.1 | #20 |
| Jim Carlen | 1966-1969 • 4 seasons | 25-13-3 | 64.6% | 9.2 | #17 |
| Gene Corum | 1960-1965 • 6 seasons | 29-30-2 | 49.2% | 4.5 | — |
| Art Lewis | 1950-1959 • 10 seasons | 58-38-2 | 60.2% | 11.6 | #10 |
| Dudley DeGroot | 1948-1949 • 2 seasons | 13-9-1 | 58.7% | 0.9 | — |
| Bill Kern | 1940-1947 • 5 seasons | 24-23-1 | 51.0% | 5.2 | — |
| Rat Rogers | 1925-1945 • 9 seasons | 44-31-8 | 57.8% | 20.7 | — |
| Marshall Glenn | 1937-1939 • 3 seasons | 14-12-3 | 53.4% | 0.4 | — |
| Trusty Tallman | 1934-1936 • 3 seasons | 15-12-2 | 55.2% | 4.7 | — |
| Greasy Neale | 1931-1933 • 3 seasons | 12-16-3 | 43.5% | 0.9 | — |
| Clarence Spears | 1921-1924 • 4 seasons | 30-6-3 | 80.8% | 20.8 | — |
| Mont McIntire | 1916-1920 • 4 seasons | 24-11-4 | 66.7% | 24.9 | — |
| Sol Metzger | 1914-1915 • 2 seasons | 10-5-1 | 65.6% | 19.4 | — |
| Edwin Sweetland | 1913-1913 • 1 seasons | 3-4-2 | 44.4% | -7.7 | — |
| CA Lueder | 1909-1909 • 1 seasons | 4-3-2 | 55.6% | 0.8 | — |
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