Who is the head coach of the West Virginia football team?”
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. The Mountaineers head coach as of 2008 is Bill Stewart, who is the team’s 32nd head coach. History Steve Slaton&Pat White.jpg With a 678–447–45 record, West Virginia is the winningest Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team to have never won a national championship, ahead of Miami University and Virginia Tech. Beginning in the 1937-1938 season, West Virginia was classified as a College Division. From 1939–1972, West Virginia was in the University Division. From ’73–’77, WVU was Division I, then from 1978–2006 WVU was Division I-A. From 2006–present West Virginia is classified as a Football Bowl Subdivision team. WVU played mainly as an Independent from 1891 to 1990, with intermittent stints in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1925–1927), and the Southern Conference (1950–1967). Since 1991, after reclassifications as a Division 1 Independent (
Bill “Stew”[1] Stewart (b. November 6, 1952 in New Martinsville, West Virginia) is an American football coach and the current head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. On January 2, 2008, he led the Mountaineers to a 48-28 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the Fiesta Bowl as the interim head coach. He was named as the school’s 32nd head football coach on January 3, 2008.[2] He was previously the head coach of Virginia Military Institute for three seasons. West Virginia University 2000-2007 Head Coach Don Nehlen hired Stewart at WVU in January, 2000 as the quarterbacks coach. Stewart was retained by Rich Rodriguez when he became the head coach after the 2000 season. Stewart remained the quarterbacks coach and special teams coach until 2007 when he moved to coach the tight ends and serve as associate head coach. 2008 season Following Rodriguez’s departure to become the head coach at the University of Michigan, Bill Stewart was named interim head coach of the Mountain
