West Virginia Mountaineers

Athletic program of West Virginia University

Athletic teams representing West Virginia University

West Virginia Mountaineers

University| West Virginia University
Conference| Big 12 (primary)
Sun Belt (men's soccer)
Great America Rifle Conference (rifle)
NCAA| Division I
Athletic director| Wren Baker
Location| Morgantown, West Virginia
Varsity teams| 18
Football stadium| Milan Puskar Stadium
Basketball arena| WVU Coliseum
Baseball stadium| Monongalia County Ballpark
Mascot| The Mountaineer
Nickname| Mountaineers
Fight song| Hail, West Virginia (official)
Fight Mountaineers (official)
Take Me Home, Country Roads (unofficial)
Colors| Gold and blue[1]

Website| www.wvusports.com
Big 12 logo in West Virginia's colors

The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012.[2][3] The men's soccer team now competes as an affiliate member in the Sun Belt Conference.[4]

Currently, WVU sponsors seven men's sports, ten women's sports, and one coeducational sport (rifle). Men's golf was the latest sport to be added in the 2015–16 school year.[5]

## Championships

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### NCAA team championships

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West Virginia has won 20 NCAA team national championships.[6]

* Men's (1)
* Boxing (1): 1938 (unofficial)
* Co-ed (19)
* Rifle (19): 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
* See also: Big 12 Conference national team titles
* See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships

### Other national team championships

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Below are the national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA:

* Men's basketball (1): 1942
* Rifle (4): 1913, 1961, 1964, 1966
* Cricket (3): 2019, 2020, 2022
* See also: List of college athletics championship game outcomes#Rifle
* See also: List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships

### NCAA individual and relay championships

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West Virginia athletes have won 38 individual and relay national championships:

* Men's (25)
* Boxing - 3
* Indoor track and field - 1
* Rifle - 16 (8 smallbore, 8 air rifle)
* Wrestling - 5
* Women's (15)
* Indoor track and field - 1
* Outdoor track and field - 2
* Rifle - 12 (5 smallbore, 7 air rifle)

## Sports sponsored

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Men's sports  | Women's sports

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Baseball | Basketball
Basketball | Cross country
Football | Gymnastics
Golf | Rowing
Soccer | Soccer
Swimming & diving | Swimming & diving
Wrestling | Tennis
| Track & field†
| Volleyball
Co-ed sports
Rifle
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

### Football

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Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers football

Football is the most popular sport at WVU. The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers compete in the Big 12 Conference.

With a 712–471–45 record as of the conclusion of the 2013 season, WVU ranks 14th in victories among NCAA FBS programs, as well as the most victories among those programs that never claimed nor won a National Championship. WVU received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present.[7] The Mountaineers have registered 80 winning seasons in their history, including one unbeaten season (10–0–1 in 1922) and five 11-win seasons (1988, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007).[8] The Mountaineers have won a total of 15 conference championships, including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles.

Stadium: Milan Puskar Stadium at Mountaineer Field
Head coach: Neal Brown
Conference: Big 12
All-time record: 701–456–45 (.583)
Bowl record: 14-17
Conference titles: 15 (8 Southern Conference, 7 Big East Conference)
Consensus All-Americans: 11
BCS Bowl Game record: (3-0)
Highest Coaches Poll ranking: #1 (2007)
Highest AP Poll ranking: #2 (2007)
Highest final top 25 ranking: #5 (1988 & 2005)

### Baseball

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Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers baseball

Playing facility: Monongalia County Ballpark (2,500 plus hillside seating)
Head coach: Randy Mazey
Most victories: 40 (1994)
NCAA Tournament appearances: 13
Last NCAA appearance: 2023
All-Americans: 17
Players in the Majors: 26

### Men's basketball

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Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball

Playing facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)
Head coach: Josh Eilert (interim)
Most victories: 31 in 2010
Big East Conference Champion: 2010
NCAA Tournament appearances: 31
Last NCAA appearance: 2021
NCAA Final Four: 1959, 2010
NIT appearances: 15
Last NIT appearance: 2014
NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007)
All-Americans: 13
Drafted players: 28
Players in the NBA: 14

### Women's basketball

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Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball

Playing facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)
Head coach: Mark Kellogg
Most victories: 30 in 2014
Big 12 Conference Champion: 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances: 11
WNIT appearances: 2
Last NCAA appearance: 2017
All-Americans: 4
Drafted players: 3
Players in the WNBA: 2

### Cross country

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Head coach: Sean Cleary
World Cross Country qualifiers: 11
BIG EAST Conference Champions: 2007
NCAA Regional Champions: 2004, 2008
NCAA appearances: 11
NCAA Top 10 finishes: 5: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014
NCAA Elite 8 finishes: 4: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014
NCAA Final 4 finishes: 1: 2008
Highest NCAA finish: 4th
Last NCAA appearance: 2021
All-Americans: 16
Elite 89 winners: Ahna Lewis-2009, Kelly Williams 2014
NACAC Champions, Metcalfe, Grandt, Harrison
NACAC silver medallists: Asselin, Forsey, Wood
National team members: World Cross Country team members 10, NACAC Championship team members 10

### Men's golf

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WVU sponsored men's golf from 1933 until dropping the sport in 1982. On July 1, 2013, then-WVU athletic director Oliver Luck announced that the sport would be reinstated in the 2015–16 school year.[5]

Competition facilities: Seven regional courses (all in West Virginia except as indicated):[9]

* Two courses at Lakeview Golf Resort, Cheat Lake – Lakeview and Mountainview
* Two courses at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, Pennsylvania – The Links and Mystic Rock. In addition, the Mountaineers will use the Nemacolin Golf Academy at the resort as a practice facility.
* Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport
* The Pines Country Club, Morgantown. To be used for both competition and practice.
* Stonewall Jackson Resort, Arnold Palmer Signature Course, Roanoke

Head coach: Sean Covich

The Mountaineer golf program reached their first ever top 25 ranking back in the fall semester in 2019 with their top 5 finish at the Gopher invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota. In April 2021, they were ranked in 76th place.[10]

In 2021, the Mountaineers claimed their third straight Mountaineer Invitational victory on April 13. During that same event, Mark Goetz won the individual tournament with a score of -12 (70-69-65).

### Gymnastics

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Competition facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)
Head coach: Jason Butts
Most victories: 26 in 1992
NCAA Tournament appearances: 3 (under former head coach Linda Burdette)
AIAW appearances: 1
Last NCAA appearance: 2000
All-Americans: 4

### Rifle

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For rifle, the Mountaineers are a member of the single-sport Great America Rifle Conference and have won the most NCAA Rifle Championships of any school, at 19.[11]

Playing facility: WVU Shell Building
Head coach: Jon Hammond
Most victories: 19 in 1964
NCAA appearances: 26
NCAA Team Championships: 19
NCAA Team runner up: 7
National Individual Champions: 25
NCAA All-Americans: 65
Olympians: 13
Gold medal: Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher - Rio 2016
Awards: CaptainU Coach of the Year[12]

### Women's rowing

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Playing facility: WVU Boathouse
Head coach: Jimmy King

### Men's soccer

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Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer

Playing facility: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,600)
Head coach: Daniel Stratford
Most victories: 15 in 2006
NCAA tournament appearances: 15
Last NCAA appearance: 2021
All-Americans: 7
Mountaineer professionals: 12

### Women's soccer

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Main article: West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer

Playing facility: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,600)
Head coach: Nikki Izzo-Brown
Most victories: 23 in 2016
BIG EAST Conference Champions: 2007, 2010, 2011
BIG 12 Conference Champions: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022
NCAA tournament appearances: 21 (lost in finals 2016)
Last NCAA appearance: 2020
All-Americans: 45
Academic All-American: 4
Mountaineer professionals: 28

### Men's swimming

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Playing facility: Mylan Park
Head coach: Vic Riggs
Most victories: 13 in 2007
Big East Conference Champions: 2007
NCAA qualifiers: 19
NCAA All-Americans: 2
Olympians: 1

### Women's swimming

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Playing facility: Mylan Park
Head coach: Vic Riggs
Most victories: 9 in 1990
NCAA qualifiers: 14
NCAA All-Americans: 4
Olympians: 1

### Women's tennis

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Playing facility: Mountaineer Tennis Courts
Head coach: Miha Lisac
Most victories: 21 in 1990

### Women's track

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Playing facility: Mountaineer Track, Shell Indoor Track
Head coach: Sean Cleary 2007-present
Assistants: Shellyann Galimore, Erin Oreilly
Olympians: 7
NCAA National Champions: 3, Pat Itanyi Long Jump 1994, Kate Vermeulen 1999 Mile, Megan Metcalf 5000 2005,
NCAA Runner Up finishes: Marie Louise Asselin 2011-5000, Kate Harrison 10,000 2012
NCAA All-Americans: 32

NCAA Top 10 finishes: 1 2010 Outdoors NCAA Sweet 16 finishes: 1999, 2010, 2011 NCAA top 20 finishes: 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011

### Women's volleyball

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Playing facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)
Head coach: Reed Sunahara
Most victories: 35 in 1979
NCAA Tournament appearances: 1
Last NCAA appearance: 2021
NIT appearances: 1
All-Americans: 0
All-East: 2

### Wrestling

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Founded: 1921
Dual meets and tournament facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)
Head coach: Tim Flynn
Most victories: 14 in 1976 and 1990
NCAA individual appearances: 67
Best NCAA finish: 6th in 1991
All-Americans: 16
National Champions: 3
EWL Champions: 18

* Prior to joining the Big 12, West Virginia wrestled as a member of the Eastern Wrestling League as the Big East was a non-wrestling conference.

## NCAA Division I: NACDA Learfield Director's Cup

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See footnote[13] and NACDA Directors' Cup
WVU Directors' Cup Standings

| Seasons  | National rank  | Conference rank

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1993–94 | 67th | 6th
1994–95 | 92nd | 10th
1995–96 | 63rd | 6th
1996–97 | 72nd | 11th
1997–98 | 41st | 2nd
1998–99 | 60th | 6th
1999–00 | 77th | 10th
| Seasons  | National rank  | Conference rank

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2000–01 | 70th | 7th
2001–02 | 76th | 9th
2002–03 | 84th | 11th
2003–04 | 71st | 8th
2004–05 | 59th | 3rd
2005–06 | 52nd | 2nd
2006–07 | 57th | 4th
| Seasons  | National rank  | Conference rank

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2007–08 | 30th | 2nd
2008–09 | 50th | 3rd
2009–10 | 37th | 2nd
2010–11 | 40th | 3rd
2011–12 | 45th | 3rd

## Notable non-varsity sports

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### Rugby

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The West Virginia Rugby Football Club was established in 1974, and is the oldest established club sport at WVU.[14] In the fall of 2013, WVU won the Keystone Conference and qualified for the American Collegiate Rugby Championship, where they lost to Kutztown in the quarterfinals. In the spring of 2014, WVU reached the D1-AA national playoffs, where they defeated Princeton 41–24, but lost in the quarterfinals 34–14 to San Diego.[15] The Mountaineers play their home games at the Mylan Park Athletic Field Complex.[16] The Mountaineers have been led by Head Coach Glover since spring of 2013.[17]

### Cricket

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The West Virginia Cricket Club competes in American College Cricket. In 2019, the Mountaineers won the American College Cricket National Championship by defeating NJIT.[18] The following year, the Mountaineers qualified for the 2020 National Championship tournament. However, due to COVID-19, the event was canceled. Following the resumption of American College Cricket in 2022, it was decided that the 2020 tournament would be made up. The Mountaineers also qualified for the 2022 National Championship tournament and played in both tournaments during the same week. They went on to win both tournaments, defeating Arkansas State to be crowned 2020 national champions and Florida to become 2022 national champions.[19]

## Pageantry

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### Mascot

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West Virginia Mountaineer

See also: List of Mountaineers

The Mountaineer was adopted in 1890 as the official school mascot and unofficially began appearing at sporting events in 1936.[20] A new Mountaineer is selected each year during the final two men's home basketball games, with the formal title "The Mountaineer of West Virginia University." The new Mountaineer receives a scholarship, a tailor-made buckskin suit with coonskin hat, and a period rifle and powder horn for discharging when appropriate and safe. The mascot travels with most sports teams throughout the academic year. While not required, male mascots traditionally grow a beard. Jonathan Kimble, a Franklin, WV native (pictured) served his term as the 2012-2013 WVU Mountaineer. Each newly named Mountaineer will officially take over as the mascot at the annual spring football game.

### Logos

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Designed by sports artist John Martin, The "Flying WV" is the most widely used logo in West Virginia athletics. It debuted in 1980 as a part of a football uniform redesign by Coach Don Nehlen, and was adopted as the official logo for the university in 1983.[21][22] While the "Flying WV" represents all university entities, unique logos are occasionally used for individual departments. Some examples include the script West Virginia logo for the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, and the interlocking WV logo used in baseball.[23]

### Songs

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The official fight songs of West Virginia University are "Fight Mountaineers" and "Hail, West Virginia." "Hail, West Virginia." was composed by WVU alumni Earl Miller and Ed McWhorther in 1915 with lyrics by Fred B. Deem. The "Pride of West Virginia" Mountaineer Marching Band[24] performs the second verse of "Hail, West Virginia" as part of its pregame performance at Mountaineer football games. The band's pregame arrangement of "Hail, West Virginia" was arranged by WVU's 7th band director - Dr. Budd Udell. The line "Others may be black or crimson, but for us it's Gold and Blue." is in reference to Washington & Jefferson College, an early rival.

In addition to the official fight songs of West Virginia university, the fan response to West Virginia's official state song, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, has made "Country Roads" the unofficial song of the university (arrangement by Dr. James Miltenberger).[25]

The West Virginia University Alma Mater was composed in 1937, and is sung before every home football game.

### Colors

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The upperclassmen of 1890 selected the official colors of "old gold and blue" from the West Virginia state seal.[20] While the official school colors are old gold and blue, a brighter gold is used in official university logos and merchandise. This change in color scheme is often cited for the lack of a universal standard for colors during 19th century when the university's colors were selected. Additionally, the brighter gold is argued to create a more intimidating environment for sporting events. The university accepts "gold and blue" for the color scheme, but states clearly that the colors are not "blue and gold", to distinguish West Virginia from its rival school the University of Pittsburgh.

### Marching band

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Main article: West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band

The West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band is nicknamed "The Pride of West Virginia". The 390-member band performs at every home football game and makes several local and national appearances throughout the year. The band was the recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy in 1997.

## Sports traditions

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See also: WVU Band Traditions

### Firing of the Musket

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The Mountaineer mascot carries a period Musket and powder horn for firing a shot to signal the opening of several athletic events. The Mountaineer points the gun into the air with one arm and fires a blank shot, a signal to the crowd to begin cheering at home football and basketball games. The Mountaineer also fires the musket every time the team scores during football games.

Formation of the state

### Formation of the State

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The Pride of West Virginia forms the outline of the state of West Virginia during the pregame show of all home Mountaineer football games. The outline of the state moves down the field during the playing of "Hail West Virginia", and the shape inverts to face the student side of the stadium when the crowd begins the "Let's Go...Mountaineers" chant.

### Cheers

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The "Let's Go...Mountaineers" cheer originated at home football games as a competition between opposite sides of the stadium.[20] The student side of the stadium chants "Let's Go...", and the pressbox side responds "Mountaineers". The chant can continue for long periods of time, as each side of the stadium tries to keep the chant from fading. The cheer has spread to other athletic events including basketball and soccer.

Carpet roll at a basketball game

Since the early 2000s, the "WVU First Down" cheer is used when fans are expecting a first down call during a football game. Prior to the announcement, fans put their arms in the air and yell while waiting for the call. After the announcer at Milan Puskar Stadium says, "First down, West Virginia," the fans lower and raise their arms three times while simultaneously yelling the initials "WVU". Then, the fans clap and signal to the end zone while cheering "first down!"

### Carpet roll

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In 1955, Fred Schaus and Alex Mumford devised the idea of rolling out an elaborate gold and blue carpet for Mountaineer basketball players to use when taking the court for pre-game warm-ups. In addition, Mountaineer players warmed up with a special gold and blue basketball. The tradition died out in the 1960s, died out, but former Mountaineer player Gale Catlett reintroduced the carpet when he returned to Morgantown in 1978 as head coach of the men's basketball team.

## Fanbase

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The WVU student section perform the first down cheer at a home football game.

In a state that lacks professional sports franchises, the citizens of West Virginia passionately support West Virginia University and its athletics teams.[26] West Virginia fans are nationally known for following their Mountaineers to bowl games and games throughout the country. West Virginia games also have received high TV ratings throughout the years. Men's basketball head coach Bob Huggins, a former Mountaineer basketball player who was born in Morgantown, stated that the "strong bond between the university and the people of West Virginia" is a relationship that is difficult for non-natives to understand.[26] Former basketball player Da'Sean Butler cited the fan support as a factor in his decision to play for WVU, saying "everybody loves our school to death" in reference to the fan base in West Virginia.[27]

West Virginia fans have also been recognized for their hospitality. In the first football game played by the University of Connecticut following the death of Jasper Howard, a banner displayed at Mountaineer Field in the Connecticut entrance tunnel read "Today we are all Huskies". Connecticut fans described the warmth of the environment as impressive, citing the number of WVU fans who offered condolences.[28] In a letter to WVU, then UConn head football coach Randy Edsall wrote:

> "The response that you gave our team before and after the game was tremendous and greatly appreciated. The pregame moment of silence and team handshake was the most moving experience I have ever had in my 29 years of coaching football."[29]

### Student section

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Some WVU fans, primarily in the student sections, have developed a reputation for unruly behavior, being compared to "soccer hooligans" by GQ magazine.[30][31] At some events, objects have been thrown onto the field or at opposing teams.[32][33] There were previously also issues with small-scale fires, most notably of couches, being set after games; over 1,100 intentionally ignited street fires were reported from 1997 to 2003.[30] The tradition of igniting furniture continues to this day, including the celebration after the WVU basketball team won the Big East title. Fires have sometimes occurred in response to non-sporting events, such as following the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed. Much of this behavior has died down in recent years.

## Notable athletes

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See also: List of West Virginia University alumni

* Joe Alexander \- former NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls
* Tavon Austin
* Stedman Bailey
* Terry Bowden \- Yahoo sports analyst
* Tommy Bowden \- former head football coach at Clemson University and Tulane University
* Darryl Bryant \- international professional basketball player, currently in Tehran, Iran
* Kadeisha Buchanan – current Canada women's international soccer player
* Marc Bulger \- former NFL quarterback for St. Louis Rams
* Da'Sean Butler \- former NBA basketball player for the Miami Heat, currently a graduate assistant coach for WVU basketball
* Jevon Carter \- NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks
* Gale Catlett \- former West Virginia head coach with the most wins at West Virginia
* Avon Cobourne \- former NFL running back for the Detroit Lions, currently with the CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* Mike Compton \- former NFL guard for the Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, and Jacksonville Jaguars
* Robert Dennis \- university's first Male Big East Conference Track & Field champion
* Noel Devine \- current CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes
* Devin Ebanks \- NBA basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers
* Raymon Gaddis \- current defender for the Philadelphia Union
* Mike Gansey \- former professional basketball player in the NBA Development League; currently in the front office of the Cleveland Cavaliers
* Major Harris \- quarterbacked for West Virginia in their 1988 undefeated season
* Chris Henry \- former NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals
* Johannes "Joe" Herber \- former German international basketball player
* Jeff Hostetler \- former Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders & New York Giants Quarterback
* Chuck Howley \- WVU five sport Letterman, former NFL linebacker and Super Bowl MVP with Dallas Cowboys
* Sam Huff \- former NFL linebacker, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982
* Bob Huggins \- former WVU basketball player; current head basketball coach of the WVU men's basketball team; one of only four active Division I coaches with 700+ career victories
* Rodney "Hot Rod" Hundley \- first pick in the 1957 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals
* Patience Itanyi \- West Virginia University's first-ever female track and field national champion
* James Jett \- All-American sprinter and wide receiver for Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders
* Adam "Pacman" Jones \- former NFL cornerback for the Tennessee Titans(#6 draft choice overall), Dallas Cowboys and currently with the Cincinnati Bengals
* Greg Jones \- three-time NCAA Division 1 wrestling champion, 2005 Most Outstanding Wrestler award winner; current Associate Head Coach for the Mountaineer Wrestling team[34]
* Kevin Jones \- current power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers
* Brian Jozwiak \- former lineman, Kansas City Chiefs
* Ken Kendrick \- owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball
* Steve Kline \- former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Oliver Luck \- former NFL quarterback and president and former athletic director at WVU
* Pat McAfee \- former NFL punter for the Indianapolis Colts
* Dan Mozes \- First Team All American center, won the Rimington Trophy in his senior year
* Adrian Murrell \- former running back for New York Jets
* Kevin Pittsnogle \- former WVU basketball star
* Jerry Porter \- former NFL wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars
* Rich Rodriguez \- former head football coach at West Virginia University and University of Michigan
* Todd Sauerbrun \- former NFL punter; went to the Pro Bowl in 2002, 2003, and 2004
* Owen Schmitt \- former NFL fullback for the Oakland Raiders
* Floyd B. "Ben" Schwartzwalder \- Former head coach of the 1959 National Championship Syracuse University football team
* Steve Slaton \- current NFL free agent running back
* Geno Smith \- quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks
* Darryl Talley \- WVU all-time team member and former NFL Linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
* Rod Thorn \- former WVU basketball player and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
* John Thornton \- former defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
* Virginia Thrasher \- sports shooter who won a gold medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics
* Mike Vanderjagt \- former Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys placekicker
* Jerry West \- WVU and NBA basketball player, member of Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, model for NBA logo
* Pat White \- former NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins and Minor League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals
* Andrew Wright \- current defender/midfielder for Morecambe F.C.
* Amos Zereoué \- former NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, and New England Patriots

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* Notable alumni
* Presidents

History|

* History of WVU
* M.B.A. controversy

* Founded: 1867

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Big 12 Conference

Full members|

* Arizona Wildcats
* Arizona State Sun Devils
* Baylor Bears
* BYU Cougars
* Cincinnati Bearcats
* Colorado Buffaloes
* Houston Cougars
* Iowa State Cyclones
* Kansas Jayhawks
* Kansas State Wildcats
* Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls
* TCU Horned Frogs
* Texas Tech Red Raiders
* UCF Knights
* Utah Utes
* West Virginia Mountaineers

Equestrian associate|

* Fresno State Bulldogs

Women's gymnastics associate|

* Denver Pioneers

Women's lacrosse associates|

* Florida Gators
* San Diego State Aztecs
* UC Davis Aggies

Women's rowing associates|

* Alabama Crimson Tide
* Old Dominion Monarchs
* Tennessee Volunteers
* Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Men's wrestling associates|

* Air Force Falcons
* California Baptist Lancers
* Missouri Tigers
* North Dakota State Bison
* Northern Colorado Bears
* Northern Iowa Panthers
* Oklahoma Sooners
* South Dakota State Jackrabbits
* Utah Valley Wolverines
* Wyoming Cowboys

Championships and awards|

* Conference champions
* Baseball
* Men's basketball
* Women's basketball
* Football
* Women's soccer
* Softball

History|

* History
* Big Eight Conference
* Southwest Conference
* 1996 conference realignment
* 2010–2013 Big 12 realignment
* 2021–2024 conference realignment

Television|

* Big 12 Now
* Big 12 Network

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Sun Belt Conference

Full members|

* Appalachian State Mountaineers
* Arkansas State Red Wolves
* Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
* Georgia Southern Eagles
* Georgia State Panthers
* James Madison Dukes
* Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
* Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks
* Marshall Thundering Herd
* Old Dominion Monarchs
* South Alabama Jaguars
* Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles
* Texas State Bobcats
* Troy Trojans

Beach volleyball-only members|

* Charleston Cougars
* Mercer Bears
* UNCW Seahawks

Men's soccer-only members|

* Kentucky Wildcats
* South Carolina Gamecocks
* UCF Knights
* West Virginia Mountaineers

Championships and awards|

* List of champions
* Baseball
* Football
* Men's basketball
* Women's basketball

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Great America Rifle Conference

* Akron Zips
* Army Black Knights
* Kentucky Wildcats
* Memphis Tigers
* Navy Midshipmen
* Ole Miss Rebels
* West Virginia Mountaineers

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Sports teams based in West Virginia

Baseball|

ALPB
Charleston Dirty Birds
ApL
Bluefield Ridge Runners
Tri-State Coal Cats
MLBDL
West Virginia Black Bears

West Virginia Miners

Football|

NAL
West Virginia Roughriders

Hockey|

ECHL
Wheeling Nailers

Soccer|

USL2
West Virginia United

College athletics|

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Division I|

Marshall Thundering Herd
West Virginia Mountaineers

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NCAA
Division II|

Bluefield State Big Blues
Charleston Golden Eagles
Concord Mountain Lions
Davis & Elkins Senators
Fairmont State Fighting Falcons
Glenville State Pioneers
Salem Tigers
Shepherd Rams
West Liberty Hilltoppers
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats
Wheeling Cardinals

NCAA
Division III|

Bethany Bison

NAIA|

West Virginia Tech Golden Bears
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