WVU Basketball
WVU Basketball Coach Bob Huggins Appears on Monday’s Pat McAfee Show
It was one Mountaineer interviewing another Mountaineer on Monday when West Virginia University men’s basketball coach appeared for an interview segment on the Pat McAfee Show.
Clips from Huggins’ time on Monday’s edition of the show were posted to Twitter — those are shared below:
"Personnel I think had a lot to do with it"@CoachHuggs chats about moving away from "Press Virginia" & not being able to "select" his players like certain schools can #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/BEdPDxmrwE
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
Sitting at 899 wins @CoachHuggs reflects back on earlier in his career & the moment he stopped wearing a suit & switched to a pullover
"I am who I am & I don't pretend to be anyone else" #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/LsL2yjMXWO
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
"I'm going like damn I was born here, I'm going to die here" @WVUhoops @CoachHuggs shares a story about his WV roots #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/lKuC5nMUaC
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
"I don't know if I'm a lifer.. I think my dad quit too soon. He's HoF coach in Ohio.
But he had something else, he had a camp that he wants to say he built.. He never pounded a nail"
@CoachHuggs on how long he'll coach & a possible future in podcasting 😂 #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/2XqBjejOyE— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
When @CoachHuggs suffered a heart attack & was loaded into the ambulance the paramedic told him:
"Coach don't worry.. I'm John Calipari's cousin & I can't let you die til he beats you at least once" 😂😂😂 #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/B7ZHL7V8NQ
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
"You can't coach like you used to" @CoachHuggs talks about the change in coaching & recruiting over the years #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/vfG1nUMcOz
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
"You can't win at that level without good players & guys who are confident"@CoachHuggs chats about what it takes to win in the Tournament & shares a hilarious story about Da'sean Butler #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/0z9jKcDPoP
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
What would @CoachHuggs do if @WVUhoops wins the National Championship?
He wants to take a bus, drive all over the state of West Virginia, & let everybody see it up close & experience it #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/6A1RV4eWGg
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
"They can't come & see campus which I think is terrible.. Who wants to go to a school that you've never been to?"@CoachHuggs on the challenges both the kids & he face while recruiting & says he is NOT on Tik Tok #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/TPrwjAppIl
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
"We were awful on Saturday there's no other way to put it. So I gave them 2 days off we're going to look at some film & practice tomorrow..
& hopefully we'll go out & play with all the energy we saved up from not playing on Saturday"@CoachHuggs on his team #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/VYcJEfffOt
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
"When we lose I feel really really bad.. But I feel really bad because I feel like we let the people of the state down" @CoachHuggs on the people of West Virginia, the students of @WestVirginiaU, & shares his story of connection after the coal mine tragedy #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/tw6SEK8pzA
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
