Wvu Football Coach Bill Stewart

Ap former west virginia football coach bill stewart who was hailed as rich rodriguezs successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split died monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack.

Wvu football coach bill stewart. They said it was his heart. What they didnt say was whether he died of a diseased heart or a broken heart for he had lost the job he loved as head football coach at wvu. Interim head coach bill stewart gives a great pre game speech to his team before his first game against oklahoma in the fiesta bowl after rich rodriguez left for michigan. Bill stewart the former wvu head coach passed away suddenly and surprisingly from a heart attack at age 59 seven years ago today.

And then at age 59 bill stewart was dead. The grafton wv native spent 11 seasons as a coach at wvu. Stewart nicknamed stew was an american football coach. Stewart will be remembered by most mountaineer fans for taking over a wvu team after rich rodriguez left for michigan and beating oklahoma 48 28 in the 2007 fiesta bowl.

From 2008 10 stewart served as the head coach. He was named interim head coach of the west virginia mountaineers after rich rodriguez left for michigan in december 2007. Former west virginia football coach bill stewart who was hailed as rich rodriguezs successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split died monday of what athletic. Bill stewart career record.

After leading the mountaineers to a 4828 victory over the oklahoma sooners in the fiesta bowl he was named the schools 32nd head football coach on january 3 2008. Stewart resigned in the summer of 2011. He was previously the head coach of virginia military institute for three seasons. 4 years 28 12 700 win at major schools bowl record.