Dana Holgorsen is currently an offensive consultant for the University of Nebraska. He was formerly an NCAA men's Football coach for the University of Houston. Dana Holgorsen was named head coach at Houston on Jan. 1, 2019, after eight seasons as head coach at West Virginia. Holgorsen closed his tenure at West Virginia as the second-winningest coach in Mountaineer history with an eight-year record of 61-41.
His 61 wins trailed only College Football Hall of Famer Don Nehlen for most wins in West Virginia history. He led the Mountaineers to bowl games in seven of his eight seasons including each of the last five seasons. His first season at West Virginia ended with a 70-33 rout of Clemson in the Orange Bowl. Throughout his career, Holgorsen has had 21 players earn All-America honors, and win 10 national awards and 14 national award finalist honors.
Before his two-year stint with the Cougars, Holgorsen was a member of the coaching staff at Texas Tech from 2000-07, serving as the inside receivers coach from 2000-04, before being elevated to co-offensive coordinator in 2005 and offensive coordinator in 2006-07. Holgorsen also spent time at Valdosta State (1993-95) as the quarterbacks, receivers, and special teams coach, Mississippi College (1996-98) as the quarterbacks, receive, rs and special teams coach, and at Wingate (1999) as e quarterbacks and receivers coach.
