MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Kansas State basketball coach Bob Huggins is leaving after one season to take the head coaching job at West Virginia. Wildcats athletic director Tim Weiser confirmed the news
today.
Huggins will be returning to his alma mater to replace John
Beilein (BEE'-lyn), who left to become the head coach at Michigan
earlier this week.
Huggins was born in Morgantown and played basketball for the
Mountaineers. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at West
Virginia.
Huggins went 23-and-12 with Kansas State this season, taking the
team to the N-I-T for their first post-season berth in eight years.
It was his first year back coaching after a year off following
his dismissal from Cincinnati. He had a 399-127 mark with the
Bearcats, including 15 N-C-A-A tournament appearances and the 1992
Final Four.