REPORT: Josh Eilert to be Named Interim Head Coach

West Virginia assistant head coach Josh Eilert expected to be named interim head coach

According to Hoppy Kercheval of Metro News, West Virginia University have come to terms with assistant men's basketball coach Josh Eilert to be the interim head coach.

Breaking: Source: WVU has come to terms with current WVU assistant Josh Eilert to be the interim head basketball coach

— Hoppy Kercheval (@HoppyKercheval) June 24, 2023

Eilert served on former head coach Bob Huggins staff all sixteen years he was in Morgantown. Eilert was elevated to an assistant coach last year after Erik Martin accepted the head coaching position at South Carolina State.

He served as Assistant Athletics Director for Basketball Operation prior to last season but was named interim assistant coach for the 2016-17 season during which his responsibilities were on-court scouting, off-campus recruiting and working with the wings. He moved into the operations role in 2013 after spending the first six seasons under Bob Huggins as the video coordinator.

He came to WVU in 2007 from Kansas State, where he served as a graduate assistant at Kansas State under Huggins in 2006-07.

While at Kansas State, Eilert assisted the coaching staff with the day-to-day internal operations of the basketball program, including self-scout and opponent scouting, coordination of on-campus recruiting, film exchange, travel arrangements and special projects. Eilert also served as the assistant camp director of the Bob Huggins basketball camps.

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