Holgorsen was under fire for much of last season after dropping four straight games, all to ranked teams. Although the schedule was brutal, it wasn’t that the Mountaineers lost, it was how they lost. In those four games, WVU was blown out in three of them. West Virginia recovered to win four out of their last five, but once against disappointed as they dropped their last game to an average Kansas State team.
There were plenty of rumors throughout the season of Holgorsen being fired, and the athletic department searching for his replacement. Although those rumors turned out to be false, Holgorsen has one of the hottest seats in the country.