The ongoing disagreement between Bob Huggins and his representatives and West Virginia University and its representatives is certainly a spectacle, to say the least. We won’t say […]
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COLUMN: Bob Huggins’ errors loom large, but WVU added to the list of mistakes by pushing for a rapid resignation
MORGANTOWN — It has become crystal clear — through two rounds of letters between Bob Huggins’ attorney David Campbell and WVU — that on June 17, university […]
COLUMN: Bob Huggins resigned, but E. Gordon Gee and Wren Baker are responsible for messing up the finer details
MORGANTOWN — Bob Huggins resigned from his position as WVU head men’s basketball coach on June 17, 2023. That is the university’s official stance, one that it […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
COLUMN: WVU will rightfully not remove itself from its relationship with Bob Huggins
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
