Report: Former WVU, Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen could be headed to another Big 12 program

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Report: Former WVU, Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen could be headed to another Big 12 program image

Former West Virginia and Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen could be headed to yet another Big 12 Conference football program. 

A report from ESPN on July 29 indicated Holgorsen could be joining head coach Sonny Dykes’ staff at TCU in an unspecified role one season after being fired by Houston.

From ESPN: “If the deal is finalized, Holgorsen would become the third person who served as an FBS head coach in 2023 to join Dykes' staff. Dykes hired former Boise State coach Andy Avalos as defensive coordinator and former Nevada coach Ken Wilson as linebackers coach.” 

Holgorsen and Dykes were on the coaching staff at Texas Tech as assistants under the late Mike Lech from 2000 to 2006. Holgorsen went  61-41 as West Virginia’s head coach from 2011 to 2018 then went 31-28 as Houston’s head coach from 2019 to 2023, losing his job after the Cougars went 4-8 in their first season in the Big 12.

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Tony Adame covers the Big 12 Conference for The Sporting News. He is a graduate of Southern Oregon University and has been a sports journalist for 20 years. He has won APSE Awards for breaking news, games stories and feature writing. He is also the writer and host of the Florida Society of News Editors Award-winning podcast The Sheriff: Murder, Lies & Revenge in Okaloosa County for USA Today/Gannett.