MORGANTOWN -- For 16 years Josh Eilert watched, listened, learned and stayed put. In college basketball years, that would normally account for two or three different addresses for someone working their way up the ranks. Not Eilert. “It’s unheard of, especially in this business,” ...
MORGANTOWN -- There was no pause, no hesitation as Josh Eilert spoke from the heart and with kind words about his predecessor Monday. Enter Eilert as the interim WVU men’s basketball coach. No career wins. He follows Hall-of-Famer Bob Huggins, who resigned on June 17 with 935 career ...
MORGANTOWN -- In Wren Baker’s mind, the expectations heaped upon Josh Eilert to build some sort of wall around the WVU men’s basketball roster were unrealistic. “I think there’s an unreasonable expectation that he can just magically keep everyone from going into the portal,” ...
** Josh Eilert’s contract is for 10 months, worth $1.5 million. He made $180,000, plus incentives, as an assistant last season. ** WVU men’s basketball staff members who are about to have their contracts run out on June 30, will have their deals extended for a period of time, until ...
MORGANTOWN -- There were two trains of thought in the search for the next West Virginia men’s basketball coach, and WVU athletic director Wren Baker was quick to go down both. “We really started two parallel tracks,” Baker said on Monday, in introducing Josh Eilert as the interim ...
MORGANTOWN -- Josh Eilert will have 935 less wins under his belt than Bob Huggins when November rolls around and the 2023-24 men’s basketball season begins. That fact has not been lost on the WVU interim coach, yet he remains unafraid to take on the challenge. “As a head coach, I ...
