Terry Bowden wants to coach West Virginia

[JoseA]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia needs a coach and Terry Bowden likes the idea of making a return to coaching in his hometown.

Bowden, who grew up in Morgantown when his father, Bobby, was Mountaineers coach and played at West Virginia, has been out of coaching since 1998. Not long after Rich Rodriguez left the Mountaineers to take the Michigan job, Bowden, the former Auburn coach, let it be known he's interested in the West Virginia vacancy.

"I made a full commitment to get back into coaching almost two years ago. Coming home to West Virginia would obviously be the dream job for me," Bowden, a college football analyst on radio and for Yahoo! Sports, said in a statement released by his publicist.

When reached at his home Monday in Orlando, Fla., Bowden wouldn't say whether he's been in contact with the Mountaineers since Sunday, when it was announced Rodriguez was going to Michigan.

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Seems like it would be a pretty good job to go to, and a successful program. Terry Bowden has been pretty successful coaching in the past, so I think it would be a pretty good fit for both parties.

[LongtimeBravesFan]

I'd be leery of hiring someone who hasn't coached in ten years. But it would be funny to see the reactions when WV plays Auburn next year.