Second-year West Virginia coach Neal Brown concluded preseason training camp Tuesday night under the lights inside Milan Puskar Stadium with some heavy special teams work. In fact, close to half of the practice involved working all five units in live situations with officials on hand.
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee admonished students for not following safety protocols in off-campus gatherings in a letter today (Sept. 2) to the campus and Morgantown communities.
The Big 12 Conference has announced that WVU's Saturday, Sept. 12, football game against Eastern Kentucky at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia, will be played at noon, ET and be televised on FS1.
West Virginia University is providing additional COVID-19 data to help the campus and surrounding community have a better understanding of positive test results, monitoring and response protocols.
A march organized by West Virginia University's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in support of the Black student-athlete experience took place Sunday evening. Several hundred Mountaineer student-athletes representing all sports walked from the WVU Coliseum down Patteson Drive to the recreation fields for a 6 p.m. mini-rally with students taking a unity pledge in support of inclusion, equality and change.
President Gordon Gee sent a letter today (Aug. 26) welcoming West Virginia University students, faculty and staff to campus for the start of a new academic year. He called on Mountaineers to approach this unprecedented semester with transparency, empathy and kindness.
The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with University, local and state officials, has determined that football's season opener against Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 12 will take place without spectators at Milan Puskar Stadium.
To further emphasize the importance of respect to everyone, West Virginia University Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President Shane Lyons has developed and initiated a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee for his department.
News of a COVID-19 saliva test developed by the Yale School of Public Health could potentially be significant for sports and daily life.
The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics provided updated COVID-19 testing numbers as of Aug. 15. Since testing began in June, a total of 823 tests have been administered specifically through the Department’s protocol.