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Breaking: WVU Football Announces Firing of Neal Brown

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The moment many WVU fans have been waiting for has finally happened. After a season filled with turmoil and drama, West Virginia has decided to fire Neal Brown. This announcement makes an earlier report official.

WVU will now move on and embark on its next chapter following a tough six-year stretch under Brown.

When Brown arrived in West Virginia in 2019, he was thought of as a young coach on the rise. He had just wrapped up a successful tenure at Troy, one highlighted by getting the Trojans ranked by Associated Press, something he would never accomplish at WVU.

The Neal Brown era for West Virginia concludes with a 37-35 overall record and two bowl wins. Brownโ€™s struggles against ranked opponents and failures in big games embody the darkest six-year period for the program since before Don Nehlen took over in 1980.

And even though Baker initially decided to retain Brown despite missing a bowl game all together in 2022, he finally pulled the trigger on the heels of the disappointments of the 2024 season, one that followed hype and expectations of contending for a Big 12 title, not crawling to bowl eligibility.

Any good faith Brown earned with the success of 2023 was permanently tarnished throughout this past season.

Where the WVU program goes from here is now the next piece of news fans are anxiously waiting to hear.

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