Report: Big 12 School Targeting Dana Holgorsen for Role on Staff

Is Dana Holgorsen returning to the Big 12? 247 Sports is reporting the former Houston and West Virginia could be joining another Big 12 coaching staff.

According to Matt Zenitz and Chris Hummer’s report, TCU is targeting Holgorsen for a consultant role.

TCU is targeting former Houston and West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen for a consultant role on the Horned Frogs staff, sources tell me and @chris_hummer for @247Sports/@CBSSportshttps://t.co/KGvcJDULjZ pic.twitter.com/5lx4ZDVEde

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) July 29, 2024

This latest news comes seven months after Zenitz reported Nebraska was interested in hiring Holgorsen. Instead of joining the Cornhuskers, Holgorsen remains available and now it appears could be headed back to a school in Texas and the Big 12.

Despite beating the Mountaineers in his first game against WVU since leaving Morgantown, Holgorsen was fired by Houston on Nov. 26.

The 52-year-old Holgorsen finished his Houston tenure with a 31-28 record in five seasons. Houston went 4-8 in 2023, the program’s first year in the Big 12 Conference. One of those four wins was over WVU.

After eight years at West Virginia, Holgorsen left the Mountaineers following the 2018 season to take over a then budding Group of 5 Houston program with the thought he would help guide the Cougars through an eventual transition into a major conference.

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Dana Holgorsen led WVU to a 61-41 overall record, two 10-win seasons and an Orange Bowl trophy.

For a related story, WV Sports Now’s Mike Asti put Holgorsen’s overall West Virginia tenure in its proper perspective leading up to his matchup with WVU during the 2023 season.

Asti: Putting the Dana Holgorsen Era at WVU in Proper Perspective