The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012. The men's soccer team now competes as an affiliate member in the Sun Belt Conference.
Currently, WVU sponsors seven men's sports, ten women's sports, and one coeducational sport (rifle). Men's golf was the latest sport to be added in the 2015–16 school year.
Sports sponsored Men's sports Women's sportsBaseball BasketballBasketball Cross countryFootball Gymnastics Golf RowingSoccerSoccer Swimming & diving Swimming and diving Wrestling Tennis Track and field† Volleyball Co-ed sportsRifle
Football
Football is the most popular sport at WVU. The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers compete in the Big 12 Conference.
With a 787–533–45 record as of the conclusion of the 2024 season, WVU ranks 23rd in victories among NCAA FBS programs. WVU received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present.
The Mountaineers have registered 80 winning seasons in their history, including one unbeaten season (10–0–1 in 1922) and five 11-win seasons (1988, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007). The Mountaineers have won a total of 15 conference championships, including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles.
WVU has had two undefeated regular seasons; they went 11–0 in 1988 and 1993. However, West Virginia lost both bowl games, 34‑21 to Notre Dame in the National Championship, and 41–7 to Florida. The 2005 season and the 2006 season produced the first consecutive 11-win seasons in school history. In the 2007 season, the Mountaineers started the season as the #3-ranked team, the highest preseason ranking in school history. That team eventually was ranked #1 in the Coaches Poll and finished the season with a third consecutive 11-win season after their Fiesta Bowl victory.
Stadium: Milan Puskar Stadium at Mountaineer Field Head coach: Rich Rodriguez Conference: Big 12 All-time record: 701–456–45 (.583) Bowl record: 14-17 Conference titles: 15 (8 Southern Conference, 7 Big East Conference) Consensus All-Americans: 11 BCS Bowl Game record: (3-0) Highest Coaches Poll ranking: #1 (2007) Highest AP Poll ranking: #2 (2007) Highest final top 25 ranking: #5 (1988 & 2005)
Baseball
Playing facility: Kendrick Family Ballpark (3,500 plus hillside seating) Head coach: Steve Sabins Most victories: 44 (2025) NCAA Tournament appearances: 16 Last NCAA appearance: 2025 All-Americans: 17 Players in the Majors: 26
Men's basketball
West Virginia men's basketball has competed in three basketball championship final matches: the 1959 NCAA final, the 1942 NIT final (at that time, the NIT was considered more prestigious than the NCAA), and the 2007 NIT Championship. They lost to California in the 1959 NCAA finals, while the Mountaineers won the 1942 NIT Championship over Western Kentucky, and the 2007 NIT contest over Clemson. In 1949 future Mountaineers head coach Fred Schaus became the first player in NCAA history to record 1,000 points.
Recently, West Virginia reached the Final Four of the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, led by West Virginia coach and former WVU player Bob Huggins. The Mountaineers won the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament and received a #2 seed in the East Region of the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
In 2015, West Virginia reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They were eliminated from the tournament after losing to Kentucky. In 2018, West Virginia again reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They were eliminated from the tournament after losing in the fourth round to #1 seed and eventual champion Villanova.
Playing facility: Hope Coliseum (14,000) Head coach: Ross Hodge Most victories: 31 in 2010 Big East Conference Champion: 2010 NCAA Tournament appearances: 31 Last NCAA appearance: 2021 NCAA Final Four: 1959, 2010 NIT appearances: 15 Last NIT appearance: 2014 NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007) All-Americans: 13 Drafted players: 28 Players in the NBA: 14
Women's basketball
Playing facility: Hope Coliseum (14,000) Head coach: Mark Kellogg Most victories: 30 in 2014 Big 12 Conference Champion: 2017 NCAA Tournament appearances: 11 WNIT appearances: 2 Last NCAA appearance: 2017 All-Americans: 4 Drafted players: 3 Players in the WNBA: 2
Cross Country Head Coach: Sean Cleary World Cross Country qualifiers: 13 BIG EAST Conference Champions: 2007 NCAA Regional Champions: 2004, 2008, 2024, 2025 NCAA appearances: 16 NCAA Top 10 finishes: 7: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2024, 2025 NCAA Elite 8 finishes: 5 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2024, NCAA Final 4 finishes: 2: 2008, 2024 Highest NCAA finish: 2nd 2024 Last NCAA appearance: 2025 All-Americans: 22 Elite 89 winners: Ahna Lewis-2009, Kelly Williams 2014 NACAC Champions, Metcalfe, Grandt, Harrison NACAC Silver Medals Asselin, Forsey, Wood. Simpson
National team members: World Cross Country team members 14
NACAC Championship team members 10
Men's golf WVU sponsored men's golf from 1933 until dropping the sport in 1982. On July 1, 2013, then-WVU athletic director Oliver Luck announced that the sport would be reinstated in the 2015–16 school year.
Competition facilities: Seven regional courses (all in West Virginia except as indicated): Two courses at Lakeview Golf Resort, Cheat Lake – Lakeview and Mountainview Two courses at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, Pennsylvania – The Links and Mystic Rock. In addition, the Mountaineers will use the Nemacolin Golf Academy at the resort as a practice facility. Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport The Pines Country Club, Morgantown. To be used for both competition and practice. Stonewall Jackson Resort, Arnold Palmer Signature Course, Roanoke Head coach: Sean Covich The Mountaineer golf program reached their first ever top 25 ranking back in the fall semester in 2019 with their top 5 finish at the Gopher invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota. In April 2021, they were ranked in 76th place.
In 2021, the Mountaineers claimed their third straight Mountaineer Invitational victory on April 13. During that same event, Mark Goetz won the individual tournament with a score of -12 (70-69-65).
Gymnastics Competition facility: Hope Coliseum (14,000) Head coach: Jason Butts Most victories: 26 in 1992 NCAA Tournament appearances: 3 (under former head coach Linda Burdette) AIAW appearances: 1 Last NCAA appearance: 2000 All-Americans: 4
Rifle With a total of 26 individual NCAA National Champions and 20 team NCAA National Championship titles, West Virginia University's rifle team is the most successful rifle program in the history of the NCAA. Their most recent National Championship as a team was won in 2017. The Mountaineers compete in the Great America Rifle Conference where they have won 11 regular-season conference championships.
The team's home matches take place at the WVU Rifle Range which opened in 2010. Virginia Thrasher, who won a gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics, was on the Mountaineers rifle team from 2015 to 2019.
Playing facility: WVU Shell Building Head coach: Jon Hammond Most victories: 19 in 1964 NCAA appearances: 26 NCAA Team Championships: 20 NCAA Team runner up: 7 National Individual Champions: 25 NCAA All-Americans: 65 Olympians: 13 Gold medal: Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher - Rio 2016 Awards: CaptainU Coach of the YearCaptainU College Coach of the Year
Women's rowing Playing facility: WVU Boathouse Head coach: Jimmy King
Men's soccer
Playing facility: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,600) Head coach: Daniel Stratford Most victories: 15 in 2006 NCAA tournament appearances: 15 Last NCAA appearance: 2021 All-Americans: 7 Mountaineer professionals: 12
Women's soccer
Since joining the Big 12 Conference ahead of the 2012 season, West Virginia women's soccer has posted a 27–1–3 record in regular-season league games. In 2016, the Mountaineers claimed their fifth consecutive outright regular-season league championship, becoming the first team in Big 12 history to accomplish that feat. West Virginia also won back-to-back Big 12 tournament championships in 2013 and 2014, as well as two additional Big 12 tournament championships in 2016 and 2018. The Mountaineers are coached by Nikki Izzo-Brown, the program's only head coach.
West Virginia men's soccer competes in the Sun Belt Conference (since 2022). The team is 2024 double champion (regular season and tournament) of the Sun Belt, ending that year the 16th in the nationwide Uniter Soccer Coaches Ranking and the 21st in the NCAA DI Men's Soccer RPI ranking with 13-2-7.
Playing facility: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,600) Head coach: Nikki Izzo-Brown Most victories: 23 in 2016 BIG EAST Conference Champions: 2007, 2010, 2011 BIG 12 Conference Champions: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022 NCAA tournament appearances: 21 (lost in finals 2016) Last NCAA appearance: 2020 All-Americans: 45 Academic All-American: 4 Mountaineer professionals: 28
Men's swimming Playing facility: Mylan Park Head coach: Vic Riggs Most victories: 13 in 2007 Big East Conference Champions: 2007 NCAA qualifiers: 19 NCAA All-Americans: 2 Olympians: 1
Women's swimming Playing facility: Mylan Park Head coach: Vic Riggs Most victories: 9 in 1990 NCAA qualifiers: 14 NCAA All-Americans: 4 Olympians: 1
Women's tennis Playing facility: Mountaineer Tennis Courts Head coach: Miha Lisac Most victories: 21 in 1990
Men's track
Men's track was discontinued in 2003.
Women's track
Playing facility: Mylan Track, Shell Indoor Track Head coach: Sean Cleary 2007-present - 108 All American’s for Cleary Assistants: Shell Ann Galimore, Erin Oreilly, Clara Santucci, Amy Cashin, Jordan Hamric, Phil White Olympians: 11 NCAA National Champions: 4 Pat Itanyi Long Jump 1994, Kate Vermeulen 1999 Mile, Megan Metcalf 5000 2005, Ceili McCabe 3000m 2024, NCAA Runner Up finishes: Marie Louise Asselin 2011-5000, Kate Harrison 10,000 2012
NCAA Top 10 finishes: 1 2010 NCAA Sweet 16 finishes: 1999, 2010, 2011 NCAA top 20 finishes: 5 1999, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011, 2024
Women's volleyball Playing facility: Hope Coliseum (14,000) Head coach: Jen Greeny Most victories: 35 in 1979 NCAA Tournament appearances: 1 Last NCAA appearance: 2021 NIT appearances: 1 All-Americans: 0 All-East: 2
Wrestling Founded: 1921 Dual meets and tournament facility: Hope Coliseum (14,000) Head coach: Tim Flynn Most victories: 14 in 1976 and 1990 NCAA individual appearances: 67 Best NCAA finish: 6th in 1991 All-Americans: 16 National Champions: 3 EWL Champions: 18
Prior to joining the Big 12, West Virginia wrestled as a member of the Eastern Wrestling League as the Big East was a non-wrestling conference.
Championships NCAA team championships West Virginia has won 22 NCAA team national championships.
Men's (1) Boxing (1): 1938 (unofficial) Co-ed (21) Rifle (21): 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2025, 2026 See also: Big 12 Conference national team titles See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships
Other national team championships Below are the national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA:
Men's basketball (1): 1942 Rifle (4): 1913, 1961, 1964, 1966 Cricket (3): 2019, 2020, 2022 See also: List of college athletics championship game outcomes#Rifle