Head coach Dana Holgorsen explains WVU’s role in West Virginia flood relief

This summer’s floods in West Virginia may have hit hardest three hours away from the WVU campus, but Dana Holgorsen and his Mountaineers still felt the impact in Morgantown. The team banded together to provide aid and supplies for the people in their home state that need it most this week. On Thursday, Holgorsen appeared on the Weather Channel to discuss those relief efforts.

While no one on West Virginia’s roster was directly impacted, several Mountaineers had friends and family affected by the rising waters. Holgorsen said his players began asking questions about the flooding last Friday, then told the coaching staff they wanted to help soon after.

“We pulled an 18-wheeler [full of supplies] out in under an hour, and through social media we said we’re here to help,” said Holgorsen. “At the end of the day, about eight hours later, the kids were still in the parking lot loading up semi trucks. We got about 40,000 bottles of water, a lot of canned goods, and things that they needed.”

Victims in West Virginia have received $4.7 million in food aid since the flooding began on June 23. Twenty-three people were killed and thousands more were driven from their homes and left without power in the disaster.