West Virginia keeping coach Brown in 2023

5:38 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia will keep football coach Neal Brown for the 2023 season, the school

announced on Wednesday.The choice can be found in the wake of a 5-7 season that saw the Mountaineers win 2 of their final 3 games, upsetting both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Brown has actually had simply one winning season in four years, and he has a total record of 22-25. Brown would have been owed almost$17 million if fired. That staying guaranteed money is among the factors that the school fired athletic director Shane Lyons in mid-November. That contract still goes through 2026, which suggests a buyout of nearly$13 million at this time next year. The formal decision on Brown showed up the

exact same day that WVU settled the hire of brand-new athletic director Wren Baker, who comes from North Texas. The decision on Brown’s status coming four days after the season and the timing of the brand-new hire recommend the choice had mostly been made prior to the athletic director search pertained to a conclusion.West Virginia has actually struggled to discover its footing since joining the Big 12 in 2012, as the school has simply one 10-win season over that time. Brown reached WVU from Troy, where he went 35-16 over four years.West Virginia opens next season at Penn State and likewise hosts rival Pittsburgh in a nonconference game.