With the transfer portal already open, Hodge also spent considerable time since his March 26 hiring getting familiar with the Mountaineers while working the phones to contact pote

West Virginia has hired North Texas coach Ross Hodge on a five-year contract, sources told CBS Sports. An official announcement is expected on Wednesday, and certainly no later than Thursday. Timing for Hodge's introductory press conference is to-be-determined because,

When West Virginia and Ross Hodge agreed to a contract, the 44-year-old coach had a decision to make: leave in the middle of an NIT run or work two jobs for a week to ten days. Hodge chose the latter,