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Trickett is taking everyone back to basics to find WVU's center

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football offensive line coach Rick Trickett is old school. Heck, he’s 78, so what do you expect? But how he figures out what position each offensive lineman plays is a bit unique in the modern era of college football. Normally, a player comes in, and they’ll be labeled a tackle and will play tackle all their life, until the pros, where they get swapped up based on need. Trickett starts everyone from scratch, and that even goes for the center. “I’ve done that for a long time,” Trickett said. Trickett’s strategy has paid off a couple of times. ...

Izzo-Brown begins 31st season with high expectations

MORGANTOWN — The black-rimmed glasses Nikki Izzo-Brown now sports are straight up from the Robert De Niro prop collection from his “Casino” days. The only head coach the WVU women’s soccer program has ever known has now held that title for three decades and is about to begin her 31st ...

Rick Trickett's worries about the B-gap

MORGANTOWN — It was one of those moments that come about strictly from happenstance, a moment that made you do a double take and simply add to the value of the story you had been planning to write out of West Virginia's football interviews on Friday. Offensive line coach Rick Trickett had ...

WVU's Gabriel becoming vocal leader

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia defensive coordinator Zac Alley took the podium after the first day of fall practice, setting up the expectations for the fall. He was asked what unit on the defense had the most to grow, and he mentioned the defensive line first. “I’ve challenged our front four,” Alley said. “I want to be better there consistently. We got some guys that are talented enough, and now it’s putting it together and showing the physicality and doing their job every single day.” The Mountaineers were off to a hot start, creating disruption in the backfield, then they ...

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WVU Sports Hall of Fame class selected

MORGANTOWN – Seven outstanding contributors to Mountaineer Athletics make up the 36th class of honorees in the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame, announced today by Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker. The class of 2026 includes John Beilein (men’s basketball), ...