The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012. At that time, the Mountaineers joined the Mid-American Conference as an affiliate member for men's soccer. The men's soccer team now competes in the Sun Belt Conference.
Currently, WVU sponsors seven men's sports, ten women's sports, and one coeducational sport (rifle). Men's golf was the latest sport to be added in the 2015–16 school year.
Championships
NCAA team championships
West Virginia has won 20 NCAA team national championships.
Men's (1) Boxing (1): 1938 (unofficial) Co-ed (19) Rifle (19): 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 See also: Big 12 Conference national team titles See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships
Other national team championships
Below are the national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA:
Men's basketball (1): 1942
Rifle (4): 1913, 1961, 1964, 1966
Cricket (3): 2019, 2020, 2022
See also: List of college athletics championship game outcomes#Rifle
See also: List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships
NCAA individual and relay championships
West Virginia athletes have won 38 individual and relay national championships:
Men's (24) Boxing - 3 Indoor track and field - 1 Rifle - 15 (8 smallbore, 7 air rifle) Wrestling - 5 Women's (14) Indoor track and field - 1 Outdoor track and field - 2 Rifle - 11 (4 smallbore, 7 air rifle)
Football
Football is the most popular sport at WVU. The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers compete in the Big 12 Conference.
With a 712–471–45 record as of the conclusion of the 2013 season, WVU ranks 14th in victories among NCAA FBS programs, as well as the most victories among those programs that never claimed nor won a National Championship. WVU received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present. The Mountaineers have registered 80 winning seasons in their history, including one unbeaten season (10–0–1 in 1922) and five 11-win seasons (1988, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007). The Mountaineers have won a total of 15 conference championships, including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles.
Stadium: Milan Puskar Stadium at Mountaineer Field
Head coach: Neal Brown
Conference: Big 12
All-time record: 701–456–45 (.583) Bowl record: 14-17 Conference titles: 15 (8 Southern Conference, 7 Big East Conference) Consensus All-Americans: 11 BCS Bowl Game Record: (3-0) Highest Coaches Poll ranking: #1 (2007) Highest AP Poll ranking: #2 (2007) Highest final top 25 ranking: #5 (1988 & 2005)
Baseball
Playing Facility: Monongalia County Ballpark (2,500 plus hillside seating) Head Coach: Randy Mazey Most Victories: 40 (1994) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 Last NCAA Appearance: 2019 All-Americans: 17 Players In The Majors: 26
Men's basketball
Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000) Head Coach: Josh Eilert (Interim) Most Victories: 31 in 2010 Big East Conference Champion: 2010 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 31 Last NCAA Appearance: 2021 NCAA Final Four: 1959, 2010 NIT Appearances: 15 Last NIT Appearance: 2014 NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007) All-Americans: 13 Drafted Players: 28 Players In The NBA: 14
Women's basketball
Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000) Head Coach: Mark Kellogg Most Victories: 30 in 2014 Big 12 Conference Champion: 2017 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 WNIT Appearances: 2 Last NCAA Appearance: 2017 All-Americans: 4 Drafted Players: 3 Players In The WNBA: 2