Bill Stewart will be named WVU Head Coach!
By Andy Brown on Jan 3, 2008 in Coaching, Football, News
According to Pat Forde of ESPN.com Bill Stewart will be named the new head football coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers. This is welcome news considering that he led the greatest win in WVU football history with a 48-28 win over the Oklahoma Sooners in last night’s Tostitios Fiesta Bowl. There will be an 11am news conference at the Scottsdale, Ariz. hotel where the Mountaineer football team is staying to welcome Stew as the 32nd head coach of the WVU football program.
Stewart’s deal is for five years and $800,000 per year. The contract is heavy on incentives, according to a source, who said if they’re all met, Stewart “could almost make Rod money,” referring to the nearly $2 million a season Evil Rod made before he deserted us.
Endorsed by Pat White - “He deserves it, a great man. A great coach. All the players respect him and all the players love him. You couldn’t ask for a better man to lead us to victory today.” and Owen Schmitt - “He’s the glue that kept us together. West Virginia would be stupid not to hire him as head coach.” We as Mountaineer Nation know that Coach Stew is the man to led the Mountaineers to a national championship.
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jason | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
HELLYEAH!!!!
Jim | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Wooo Hooo!!! Great play calling last night!!!
jason | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Looking back it’s kind of funny, all this coach searching, and the man for the job was under our noses the whole time. Before the game last night I really didn’t know what to think of Coach Stu because honestly I had never heard of him, but after watching the game and seeing the team FINALLY play at it’s full potential (and no blowing out UCONN doesn’t count) hiring anyone else would have been a travesty. If we can fill the holes left by the seniors and Steve Slaton actually decides to attend the games next year (what the fuck happened to him this year) then I think the wait is finally over. We won’t be the winningest team in college football without a NC anymore.
Compromised | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
You can not be a top ten program when the Administration, Governor, and Boosters have settled on a Compromise Coach. Good you now have a coach, but in three years you will be in search of a new qualified coach
jason | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
You’re Oklahoma fans aren’t you?
BadAndy | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Compromised was that your ass talking or is just me? Are you talking sports out of your a…ignorance? Are you afraid of Coach Stew f’n up the program? Won’t happen!
Jim | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
The game last night goes to prove something…you don’t have to make your coach a millionaire to motivate them to win. If your coach is dedicated to the University (as is Coach Stew), then they will produce.
I do think things may be a little rougher in a couple of years when Coach Stew is using his own recruits. But, I don’t see any reason why he should have a hard time getting great players to come to WVU with national TV games during the regular season, winning BE championships, and going to BCS bowls.
All of you nay sayers need to give him a chance…Coach Stew may be the best coach for us right now (with his relationship with the current players)…the future will tell all.
JeremyC | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Yeah boy. People need to realize how difficult a situation Stewart was thrust into and how well he prepared the team to deliver that blow to OU, meanwhile sending a strong message to the nation about what exactly defines Mountaineer football and also Big East football. He is a great coach with over 30 years of experience and has already proven he can win a huge bowl game no matter how difficult the preparation may have been. The team is still loaded with talent.
compromised | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Are you kidding me talking sports out my ass, look at the search for a new coach, high and low everywhere they turn coaches are telling them no, so they settled that all I’m saying. No I’m no Sooner, Florida Gator here, and yes I know we receive a beating from Michigan. Tebow has not been a pocket passer all year and they decide in the bowl to give it a try. Stewart may be a very good coach, I just do not think he can keep the program where it is in three to four years. John “Doc” Holliday would have been your best bet. You sir are talking sports out of your ass if you do not think for a second that was not Rich’s Spread Option System that had I a lot to do with the win!
BadAndy | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
Stew is responsible for this Fiesta Bowl victory sobeit if it’s on Dick Rod’s offense it’s still ours to keep as long as keep Magee. Tebow deserves the Heisman I admit that! He earned it! I will admit that I was worried about Stew being a coach BUT that game solidified my belief that he is the man to run the program. Enjoy the ride Gator fan! We’ll be here to kick ass whether y’all like it or not! Hey how bout WVU and Florida for the National Championship next year! We will be the National Champions in the near future!
compromised | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
BadAndy,
I hope you are right in your match up, but I do think the outcome will be different than you think. I would have been a Gator and a Mountainer if Doc would have been going home to Morgantown
BadAndy | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
I respect your opinion. Yeah Doc may be good for WVU but what’s done is done. However, the VMI fiasco that caused him to resign there is starting to gain steam. It’s possible. Anything’s possible.
rhmacnab | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
I hope Coach Stewart is successful. Today a big time college football coach is really a CEO. These head coaches do very little coaching. They are inspirational leaders, recruiters and motivate their staff. Mack Brown is not a great Coach. What he is, is the best in the living room with Mom and Dad. He is a world class recruiter and symbol for the U of Texas. For Coach Stewart to be successful he will need a great recruiting organization that is young and can relate to our targeted recruits. He will need the very best coaches and assistants. Please remember that Bill was making $139k a year as the asst head coach. That figure is not going to get it done in attracting the best coaches. The Offensive coordinator for Alabama, Major Applewhite, makes $500k a year. This is the 21st century and we need to get our comp in line for our valued coaches. Good luck Bill ,and I pray that you can make this happen.
jason | Jan 3, 2008 | Reply
To everyone bitchin about Coach Stu’s hiring….Check this out. He has a TON of football knowledge, as long as he’s been in the business he has to have quite a bit. He’s been exposed to a shitload of different circumstances and situations, coaching everywhere from air force to the CFL. Everyone is bitchin about his losing record at VMI…I’ll say that again, VMI. Nobody has success at VMI, he only had 3 years there and for such a crappy program as they were in the early to mid 90’s I don’t care if Belicheck were there, he wouldn’t succeed in three years. Where do 99% of first time head coaches or coaches with very little head coaching experience come from?..The assistant coaching ranks. A big name is not everything, and all of these big name coaches started somewhere, it just so happens the Stu is more or less starting here. He’s been around, he know what he’s got, and he’s not gonna drive our program into the ground, he couldn’t, nobody’s that stupid. He’s just gotta be smart and get some assistants who are familliar with the spread to utilize the weapons we already have properly, get some folks on the staff who are strong recruiters that can keep bringing in the talent that makes this whole thing work, and we’ll be allright. Everybody just needs to stay calm and give him a chance. After watching last night, I have never seen us put on such a lights out performance and play up to our potential on such a big stage, we were creative and agressive, two thing which we had been missing for some time. No matter how many yards Pat White rushes for, you gotta admit we were getting pretty stagnant and predictable. Sorry to ramble, but I just wanted to try to shed a little light on this and try to get the negative folks a little different perspective to consider. And one more thing and I swear I’m through, Fuck Ken Kendrick!!! If you don’t know what I’m talkin about check out his statement on the hiring of Stu this morning. Ken, just stick with what you are good at and write the checks, let the AD do his job and you do yours.
rhmacnab | Jan 4, 2008 | Reply
Better start recruitng Today
Compromised | Jan 5, 2008 | Reply
Should have started last month alot of recruits have started signing elsewhere