Last week, former West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen was hired by a Big 12 foe; the TCU Horned Frogs. Holgorsen has taken a consulting role for Sonny Dyke’s Horned Frogs.
After the hiring, Holgorsen spoke with the media and briefly mentioned his decision to leave West Virginia.
“What’s funny is I did it twice. In this profession, you’ve got to take some gambles. When Sonny (Dykes) and I were at (Texas) Tech, we were there together for six years and he had to leave to advance his career. He left to go to Arizona to advance his career. I stayed for two more years and then I had to leave to go to Houston . . . You had to get away to grow. I did that and two years later I’m at Oklahoma State and three years later I’m at West Virginia, so the gamble paid off. I did it again six years ago when I was at West Virginia in the Big 12 and left to go to Houston. I had reasons why I did that. I had been at West Virginia for eight years and was very successful. But there was a couple of things that I was concerned about that made me do that. I do not regret that.”
