Dana Holgorsen to Remain West Virginia Head Coach

West Virginia head football coach Dana Holgorsen will remain with the team despite a third consecutive year of registering seven wins. 

The school released a statement announcing the news, via Chuck McGill of the Charleston Gazette-Mail: 

According to Matt Vingle of the Charleston Gazette-Mail on Tuesday, West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons and Holgorsen had met regarding the 44-year-old's job status: 

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As of Monday evening, the decision had not been made. All of the principals — Gee, Lyons and Holgorsen — were in New York. ...

When reached Monday, Lyons said he had no comment on Holgorsen’s status. Reliable sources, however, have said the athletic director and coach have talked about the situation a couple times. Those discussions will continue in the coming days.  

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But ultimately the Mountaineers elected to retain Holgorsen.

He took over the program in the post-Rich Rodriguez and Bill Stewart regimes when those coaches led West Virginia to six straight seasons with at least 10 wins. 

Holgorsen's first year in 2011 continued that streak with a 10-3 record and a 70-33 thrashing of Clemson in the Orange Bowl. 

In the four years since that debut season, Holgorsen has a 25-25 record. West Virginia was streaky in 2015, starting with three nonconference wins before four straight conference losses and then a four-game winning streak. 

The Mountaineers ended the 2015 regular season with a one-point loss against Kansas State on a controversial call in which Holgorsen had quarterback Skyler Howard attempt a run on 4th-and-1 that wound up losing three yards. 

Even though West Virginia hasn't bottomed out under Holgorsen—the team will play Arizona State on Jan. 2 in the Cactus Bowl—the program has taken significant steps back under his leadership.