MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen was recruiting Thursday when a story radiating from Lubbock claimed he had sought and been turned down for the job at Texas Tech.
This report sounded dubious to West Virginia athletics director Shane Lyons, who has spoken with Holgorsen several times since the Mountaineers’ regular season ended with a gut-punch 59-56 loss to Oklahoma.
“I think Dana and I have a good enough relationship, that if he was looking at another job or wanted to go elsewhere, we would have that conversation,” Lyons said. “My conversation with him is that he still feels there’s work that needs to be done here, there’s growth here, and there’s a lot more that we can achieve here.