MORGANTOWN — In an anticipated response from Bob Huggins’ lawyer David Campbell, Huggins offered his official resignation to WVU in exchange for certain terms, including his placement as “Emeritus Head […]
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COLUMN: By now Wren Baker has to realize there is no quick fix in picking up WVU’s national perception
MORGANTOWN — If it is indeed darkest before the dawn then the WVU athletic department seems overdue for a ray of sunshine. Long has there been a sort of blackout, […]
WVU guard Jose Perez enters transfer portal after sitting out last season with the Mountaineers
MORGANTOWN — Jose Perez entered the transfer portal Wednesday, becoming the sixth WVU men’s basketball player to do so since Bob Huggins resigned on June 17. The 6-foot-5 guard from […]
Wren Baker has no regrets in coming to WVU during turbulent times early in his stay
MORGANTOWN — Wren Baker is a man in dire need of a vacation, the result of a career’s worth of turmoil in the WVU athletic department all wrapped up in […]
Huggins’ forced retirement triggers back-up plan in coaching search
WVU’s decision to hire assistant basketball coach Josh Eilert as interim head coach, replacing Bob Huggins, is not an elegant solution, but it is a practical one. Huggins’ untimely departure […]
Eilert’s 16 years of patience paid off, but now the challenge begins as WVU’s interim head hoops coach
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 […]
Tre Mitchell transfers to Kentucky, Wague enters portal
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 […]
Key points from Monday’s press conference
** 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 […]
WVU AD: Coaching search went down two different roads
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 […]
Josh Eilert introduced as WVU’s interim head men’s basketball coach
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 […]
