Love this one...congrats Coach Stew.
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01/03/2008
Stewart To Be New Head Coach
Hoppy Kercheval
WVU will name Bill Stewart the new Mountaineer football coach, sources confirmed for Metronews early Thursday morning. The announcement is expected to come later this morning in Scottsdale, AZ.
The development comes just hours after WVU?s stunning 48-28 victory over Oklahoma in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Clearly, Stewart has the support of the team.
?He needs that job, ? said quarterback Pat White shortly after the game. ?He deserves it, the head coaching job.?
Defensive lineman John Dingle chimed in at the post game press conference saying Stewart, who served as interim head coach for the bowl, should be the next head coach.
And Stewart, 55, wants the job.
?I will cherish the opportunity to be the head coach at the state flagship university,? Stewart said. But he?s willing to let the situation play out.
?Our committee (the search committee) is in good hands,? Stewart said. ?They?ve got a tough call because it?s a great job with some great players and a great future and we need to get the best candidate possible, Okay??
But Stewart?s name had not been prominently mentioned for the job until this week, and more specifically not until after the game. One university source said WVU wanted to see how the bowl turned out.
?If it?s a national search, so it bit, ? Stewart added. ?We will get the best man for the job.?
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