Thu Jan 3 07:49:56 2008

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West Virginia names Stewart head coach

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Charleston, WV (Sports Network) - West Virginia dropped the interim tag and named Bill Stewart head coach after the team's impressive 48-28 win over No. 3 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl Wednesday night.

The Charleston Daily Mail, citing multiple WVU sources, is reporting that Stewart will be introduced at an 11 a.m. (et) press conference scheduled for the team's bowl headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Stewart was promoted to interim head coach after Rich Rodriguez bolted for Michigan last month.

The 55-year-old veteran coach has been at WVU since 2000 and worked as an associate head coach this season. He coached the team's quarterbacks up until 2007, when he moved to tight ends, fullbacks and was also the special teams coordinator.

Stewart has been a head coach once before, compiling an 8-25 mark from 1994-96 at Virginia Military Institute.

Since then, Stewart made several stops as an assistant coach before landing at WVU. He was an assistant at Marshall, William & Mary, Navy, Arizona State and Air Force as well as an assistant for two Canadian Football League teams, Montreal and Winnipeg.

West Virginia finished 11-2 this year, capturing the Big East title and the Fiesta Bowl.