CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Huggy Bear is the king of West Virginia’s sports world.
The latest MetroNews West Virginia Poll shows that West Virginia University basketball coach Bob Huggins has an 84 percent approval rating among state sports fans. Only 3.8 percent say they disapprove of Huggins.
If he were a political figure with that kind of rating, Huggins could feel very confident of electoral victory.
“From the first day Huggs got here he was accepted for a bunch of different reasons,” said Tony Caridi, host of MetroNews “Sportsline” and play-by-play announcer for West Virginia University’s Mountaineer Sports Network.