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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131824494" data-attributes="member: 1428007"><p>You read your post and think "WTF is this guy on"?</p><p></p><p>Dana Holgorsen won more games than EVERY coach EVER at WVU except Don Nehlen who was at WVU quite a bit longer. And DH won those games against the toughest schedules ever faced by WVU and he had to coach them through the updated BE to the BIG 12 as well.</p><p></p><p>His last 5 years he averaged 8 wins per season for WVU, last 4 8.25 wins per year. WVUs historical average was 7 wins per year and very few coaches surpassed that average.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile Neal Brown is winning 5 games per year at WVU except for the anomaly 2020 season with a gifted bowl game eked over a G5 program due to not playing several teams on the schedule that would likely have ended that possibility.</p><p></p><p>The two coaches are nothing alike whatsoever. <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/west-virginia/coaches.html">https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/west-virginia/coaches.html</a></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Rk</td><td>Coach</td><td>From</td><td>To</td><td>Yrs</td><td>G</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Don Nehlen</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1980</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">2000</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">21</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">246</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">149</p> </td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><strong>Dana Holgorsen</strong></td><td><p style="text-align: right">2011</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">2018</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">102</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">61</p> </td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Rich Rodriguez</td><td><p style="text-align: right">2001</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">2007</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">86</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">60</p> </td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Art Lewis</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1950</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1959</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">98</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">58</p> </td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Rat Rogers</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1925</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1945</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">83</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">44</p> </td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Bobby Bowden</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1970</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1975</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">68</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">42</p> </td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Clarence Spears</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1921</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1924</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">38</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">30</p> </td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Gene Corum</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1960</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1965</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">61</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">29</p> </td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Bill Stewart</td><td><p style="text-align: right">2007</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">2010</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">40</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">28</p> </td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Jim Carlen</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1966</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1969</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">41</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">25</p> </td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Mont McIntire</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1916</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1920</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">39</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">24</p> </td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Bill Kern</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1940</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1947</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">48</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">24</p> </td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Frank Cignetti</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1976</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1979</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">44</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">17</p> </td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Trusty Tallman</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1934</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1936</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">29</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">15</p> </td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Marshall Glenn</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1937</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1939</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">29</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> </td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Dudley DeGroot</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1948</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1949</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">23</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> </td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td><strong>Neal Brown</strong></td><td><p style="text-align: right">2019</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">2021</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">28</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> </td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Greasy Neale</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1931</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1933</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">31</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> </td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Sol Metzger</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1914</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1915</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">16</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> </td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>C.A. Lueder</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1909</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1909</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Edwin Sweetland</td><td><p style="text-align: right">1913</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1913</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> </td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131824494, member: 1428007"] You read your post and think "WTF is this guy on"? Dana Holgorsen won more games than EVERY coach EVER at WVU except Don Nehlen who was at WVU quite a bit longer. And DH won those games against the toughest schedules ever faced by WVU and he had to coach them through the updated BE to the BIG 12 as well. His last 5 years he averaged 8 wins per season for WVU, last 4 8.25 wins per year. WVUs historical average was 7 wins per year and very few coaches surpassed that average. Meanwhile Neal Brown is winning 5 games per year at WVU except for the anomaly 2020 season with a gifted bowl game eked over a G5 program due to not playing several teams on the schedule that would likely have ended that possibility. The two coaches are nothing alike whatsoever. [URL]https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/west-virginia/coaches.html[/URL] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Rk[/TD] [TD]Coach[/TD] [TD]From[/TD] [TD]To[/TD] [TD]Yrs[/TD] [TD]G[/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Don Nehlen[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1980[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2000[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]21[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]246[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]149[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD][B]Dana Holgorsen[/B][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2011[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2018[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]8[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]102[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]61[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Rich Rodriguez[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2001[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2007[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]7[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]86[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]60[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Art Lewis[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1950[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1959[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]10[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]98[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]58[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Rat Rogers[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1925[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1945[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]9[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]83[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]44[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Bobby Bowden[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1970[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1975[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]6[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]68[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]42[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Clarence Spears[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1921[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1924[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]38[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]30[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Gene Corum[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1960[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1965[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]6[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]61[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]29[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Bill Stewart[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2007[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2010[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]40[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]28[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Jim Carlen[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1966[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1969[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]41[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]25[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Mont McIntire[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1916[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1920[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]39[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]24[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Bill Kern[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1940[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1947[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]5[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]48[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]24[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]Frank Cignetti[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1976[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1979[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]44[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]17[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]Trusty Tallman[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1934[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1936[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]3[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]29[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]15[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]15[/TD] [TD]Marshall Glenn[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1937[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1939[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]3[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]29[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]14[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]Dudley DeGroot[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1948[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1949[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]23[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]13[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]17[/TD] [TD][B]Neal Brown[/B][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2019[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2021[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]3[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]28[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]13[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]18[/TD] [TD]Greasy Neale[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1931[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1933[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]3[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]31[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]12[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]19[/TD] [TD]Sol Metzger[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1914[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1915[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]2[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]16[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]10[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]20[/TD] [TD]C.A. Lueder[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1909[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1909[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]9[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]Edwin Sweetland[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1913[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1913[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]1[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]9[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]3[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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