Ranking each Big 12 football head coach entering 2024 season
10. Neal Brown, West Virginia
Brown will be in his 10th season as a collegiate head coach this fall, spending four years at Troy before joining West Virginia where he has been at the head of the program since 2019. Brown, who has a 31-29 record overall with the Mountaineers, had produced multiple seasons where West Virginia was right around .500 until a breakout campaign last year where it went 9-4 and 6-3 in conference play, culminating with a win in the Duke鈥檚 Mayo Bowl. The 2023 season ultimately took Brown off the hot seat and earned him a contract extension. It remains to be seen if the Mountaineers can replicate last season鈥檚 success, particularly with a difficult schedule upcoming this fall, but they seem to be headed in the right direction under their 44-year-old head coach.
