Posted on 05/21/2012 7:08:22 PM PDT by Perdogg
Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart, who was hailed as Rich Rodriguez's successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split, died Monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. He was 59.
Stewart's family notified the university and said Stewart had been out golfing with the longtime friend who hired him as head coach, former athletic director Ed Pastilong. West Virginia spokesman Michael Fragale said he had no further details, and Pastilong couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
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Let’s burn a sofa in his memory.
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Sad. Lots of WVU and Morgantown friends who are very upset today over the news.
RIP.
Sad day.
WVU, especially Luck, screwed him over but good.
He was a loyal Mountaineer. Unlike the guy he replaced he wouldn’t have left WVA for a billion $$$’s
RIP
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