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Mountaineers Begin 2020 Spring Football Practices

BOONE, N.C. — Old habits can be hard to break.

After the first team meeting of the spring ended and players dispersed for their position meetings, first-year head coach Shawn Clark went to a familiar spot.

"I went to the offensive line room on accident," Clark said with a laugh.

A long-time position coach, Clark was hired to lead the football program at his alma mater a week before the Mountaineers capped a record-breaking 2019 season with a victory in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

Since the calendar flipped to 2020, Clark has been assembling a complete coaching staff and preparing for spring practice, which officially began Tuesday afternoon.