West Virginia’s loss might actually have been West Virginia’s gain.
Just days after losing former head coach Dana Holgorsen to a Group of Five school in an embarrassing fashion, the Mountaineers hired Troy’s head coach Neal Brown to take over. (RELATED: West Virginia Football Fans Might Not Be Happy With What Their Coach Reportedly Did)
Brown has led Troy to 10, 11, and 10 wins respectively over the course of the past three seasons and is one of only six coaches in all of college football to have three straight ten-win seasons, which puts him in the company of Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney, Urban Meyer, Chris Petersen and Bryan Harsin. Those wins included monster victories at LSU and Nebraska that put the small Alabama school on the map.
Source: Troy’s Neal Brown expected to be the next coach at West Virginia, in process of finalizing a deal. https://t.co/3EvEmKO4n7
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 4, 2019
#WVU is set to tab Neal Brown, Troy head coach, as the next head coach in Morgantown - https://t.co/f0oHLHMbl6 pic.twitter.com/XxQLO3goLH
— WVSports.com (@WVSportsDotCom) January 4, 2019
#WVU is set to tab Neal Brown, Troy head coach, as the next head coach in Morgantown - https://t.co/f0oHLHMbl6 pic.twitter.com/XxQLO3goLH
— WVSports.com (@WVSportsDotCom) January 4, 2019
While Brown may not be the sexiest hire, this is a monster get for West Virginia. Holgorsen is a good coach, but his tenure had grown stale.
The athletic department in Morgantown made a great decision to allow Holgorsen to leave and now have themselves a younger offensive coach with better recruiting skills and significantly more upside.