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Helton believes Hilltoppers have pieces for success

Tyson Helton didn’t think Western Kentucky’s 2019 football season would be one of rebuilding. He just didn’t believe in that.

“It’s hard to walk into a room of 95 men and say we’re going to try to rebuild,” he said after the Hilltoppers’ 23-20 win over Western Michigan in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl.

That game capped off a turnaround 9-4 season – Helton’s first at the helm – in which the program tripled its win total from the year prior and matched its total number of combined victories from the 2017 and 2018 seasons under the previous coaching regime.