The 2008 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. WKU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent team in 2008 before their move to the Sun Belt Conference in 2009.2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020 The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
Schedule
Coaching staff
NamePositionAlma materDavid Elson Head coach Butler 1994 Mike Chism Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends Kentucky 1990 Mike Dietzel Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers Otterbein 1985 Stuart Holt Running Backs North Carolina 1995 Cary Marquell Inside Linebackers Ball State 1996Erik Mathies Defensive Line Murray State 1998Travaris Robinson Defensive Backs Auburn 2007 T.J. Weist Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator Alabama 1988 Kevin Wright Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks WKU 1987Walter Wells Running Game Coordinator Belmont 1993Jami DeBerryGraduate assistant WKU 2005Jamison Link Student assistantNick Uhlenhopp Director of operations Graceland 2002Mark Harris Dir. of equipment and facility operationsJim Nowell Dir. of strength & conditioning Southern Miss 1990Duane Hall Strength & conditioning assistant WKU 1997Chris Zuccaro Video coordinator Ole Miss 2004
Game summaries
Indiana
Eastern Kentucky
Alabama
Murray State
Kentucky
Virginia Tech
Ball St
Florida Atlantic
North Texas
Troy
Middle Tennessee
Florida International
References