Last winter, WVU football fired then-head coach Neal Brown after a six-year tenure marked by mediocrity, and embarked on a national coaching search. The Mountaineers ended up bringing in-state native Rich Rodriguez back to lead the Mountaineers for his second tenure with the program after a wildly successful stint from 2001-2007 – but another name that was listed among the final candidates was Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki.
At one point, Mike Asti of WV Sports Now even reported that he believed the job was Kotelnicki's if he decided he wanted to take it.