West Virginia Mountaineers
Athletic program of West Virginia University
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| 2025 | Ceili McCabe wins NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship in 3,000 Meter event for West Virginia Mountaineers. |
| 2025 | West Virginia Mountaineers won their twentieth NCAA Rifle team national championship. |
| 2025 | Rich Rodriguez returns as head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers football program. |
| 2025 | West Virginia Mountaineers football team scheduled to play away games at Arizona State, Utah, Colorado, BYU, Texas Tech, Baylor, Houston, TCU, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, and UCF as part of their conference rotation. |
| 2024 | Gavin Barnick wins NCAA Rifle Championship in Air Rifle event for West Virginia Mountaineers. Mary Tucker wins NCAA Rifle Championship in Smallbore event for West Virginia Mountaineers. |
| 2024 | Most recent NCAA Tournament appearance for the West Virginia Mountaineers Baseball team. |
| 2024 | West Virginia Mountaineers defeated #9 Princeton 63-53 in First Round, but lost to #1 Iowa 54-64 in Second Round |
| 2024 | Lost Frisco Bowl to Memphis with a score of 37-42. |
| 2024 | Wyatt Milum wins Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year and Josiah Trotter wins Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year. |
| 2024 | Second game of the renewed football series between West Virginia and Penn State. |
| December 12 2024 | Rich Rodriguez was officially named the 36th head football coach in the history of the West Virginia Mountaineers. |
| December 11 2024 | Rich Rodriguez was reported to have agreed in principle to become the next head football coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers, with contract details still pending. |
| September 24 2024 | Most recent Backyard Brawl game played, with Pittsburgh defeating West Virginia 38-34. |
| 2023 | West Virginia Mountaineers Baseball team tied their historic record of 40 victories in a season. |
| 2023 | West Virginia Mountaineers eliminated in NCAA tournament First Round, losing to #7 Arizona 62-75 |
| 2023 | Jersey number 66 of Chuck Howley, guard/center who played from 1954-1957, was retired by West Virginia Mountaineers football program. |
| 2023 | Chuck Howley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. |
| 2023 | Won the Duke's Mayo Bowl against North Carolina with a 30-10 victory. |
| 2023 | First game of the renewed football series between West Virginia and Penn State. |
| 2023 | West Virginia Mountaineers football team ranked 25th in the Coaches Poll, concluding the season with a 9-4 record. |
| 2023 | Beanie Bishop recognized as First-Team All-American at Cornerback (CB) |
| 2022 | West Virginia Cricket Club wins both the postponed 2020 and 2022 National Championship tournaments, defeating Arkansas State (2020) and Florida (2022). |
| 2022 | West Virginia Mountaineers cricket team won their third national team championship. |
| 2022 | West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer team won the BIG 12 Conference Championship. |
| 2022 | Became the first team to beat both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the same season, but ultimately finished 5-7 (3-6), missing a bowl game for the second time in the Neal Brown Era. |
| 2022 | Backyard Brawl series is renewed with a new agreement for games between 2022 and 2025, and again from 2029 to 2032. |
| 2022 | Revived the Backyard Brawl against Pittsburgh, losing narrowly 38-31. Defeated Oklahoma Sooners 23-20 for the first time since joining the Big 12 Conference in 2012-13, with Sophomore QB Garrett Greene leading the victory. |
| 2022 | Football game played in Blacksburg, maintaining the renewed rivalry between the schools. |
| September 1 2022 | West Virginia debuted 'Country Roads' uniforms against rival Pitt, featuring interstate map designs on the shoulders and yellow striping resembling road center line markings. |
| 2021 | Women's volleyball team made their most recent NCAA Tournament appearance. |
| 2021 | West Virginia Mountaineers Cross Country team made their last NCAA appearance. |
| 2021 | West Virginia Mountaineers make their most recent NCAA Tournament appearance. |
| 2021 | West Virginia Mountaineers defeated #13 Lehigh 77-53 in First Round, but lost to #5 Georgia Tech 56-73 in Second Round |
| 2021 | Football game played in Morgantown, continuing the rekindled rivalry. |
| 2021 | Darryl Talley's jersey number 90 was retired, honoring his contributions as a linebacker from 1979-1982. |
| 2021 | By the end of the 2021 season, West Virginia Mountaineers held a lead in the rivalry series against Maryland Terrapins with a record of 28 wins, 23 losses, and 2 ties. |
| 2021 | Major Harris' jersey number 9 was retired, celebrating his exceptional career as a quarterback from 1987-1989. |
| 2021 | Mountaineers finished the season with a 6-6 record, becoming bowl eligible by defeating Texas Longhorns and Kansas Jayhawks, and ultimately losing 18-6 to Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. |
| April 13 2021 | The Mountaineers won their third consecutive Mountaineer Invitational. During this event, Mark Goetz won the individual tournament with a score of -12. |
| 2020 | West Virginia Cricket Club qualifies for the National Championship tournament, which was canceled due to COVID-19. |
| 2020 | West Virginia Mountaineers cricket team won their second consecutive national team championship. |
| 2020 | West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer team made their last NCAA tournament appearance. |
| 2020 | Leddie Brown (RB), Tony Fields II (LB), and Darius Stills (DL) earned First-Team All-Big 12 selections, showcasing the team's continued success in producing top-tier individual talent. |
| 2020 | Won the Liberty Bowl against Army with a 24-21 victory. |
| 2019 | West Virginia Mountaineers cricket team won their first national team championship. |
| 2019 | The Mountaineer golf program achieved their first top 25 national ranking after a top 5 finish at the Gopher Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota. |
| 2019 | Colton McKivitz (OL) and Darius Stills (DL) earn First-Team All-Big 12 selection. |
| 2019 | As part of a larger re-branding, the Mountaineers incorporated new Nike Vapor Untouchable football uniforms and brought back the all-gray alternate uniform. |
| 2019 | West Virginia Mountaineers finished the season with a 5-7 record, failing to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since 2013. |
| January 5 2019 | Neal Brown, previously head coach at Troy, was named the 34th head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers football program, bringing an up-tempo, pass-oriented 'Air Raid' offense. |
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