With the Mountaineers traveling to Houston for a Thursday night matchup against the Cougars, the main storyline everyone is focusing on is that this is Dana Holgorsen’s first time facing his old team in West Virginia.
Although the main story is this being the first time Holgorsen is facing his old team, there are many more players and coaches who are in the same boat.
For the Mountaineers, Malachi Ruffin is the only player on the roster who played under Dana Holgorsen in Morgantown.
For Houston, players such as Noah Guzman, Tony Mathis Jr, Mike O’Laughlin, and Sam Brown, they will be facing off against their former team for the first time as.
As for coaches for Houston, Doug Belk, Mike Burchett, Mark Scott, Daikiel Shorts Jr, Darl Bauer, Ryan Dorchester, Kevin McCadam, Nate Majnaric, and TJ Simmons will all be facing West Virginia for the first time in their career, some of which both played and coached for West Virginia before departing to Houston.
The Mountaineers will take on the Cougars on Thursday, with kickoff set for 7:00 on FS1.
