Athletic Director Todd Stewart announced Monday afternoon that Western Kentucky University has named Bobby Petrino as the 18th head football coach in school history. Petrino has a 75-26 career record as a collegiate head coach, with seven bowl game appearances, including appearances in the 2011 BCS Sugar Bowl with the University of Arkansas, and the 2007 BCS Orange Bowl with the University of Louisville.
Petrino becomes only the eighth WKU head coach since 1948, taking over a program headed for its first-ever bowl game appearance on December 26 against Central Michigan in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. WKU defensive coordinator Lance Guidry, however, will coach the Hilltoppers in the bowl game as interim head coach.
In his eight seasons as a collegiate head coach with Louisville and Arkansas, Petrino led his teams to a bowl game in seven of the eight years, including four 10-win seasons, leading both the Cardinals and the Razorbacks to their first BCS bowl games in school history.
Petrino becomes only the eighth WKU head coach since 1948, taking over a program headed for its first-ever bowl game appearance on December 26 against Central Michigan in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. WKU defensive coordinator Lance Guidry, however, will coach the Hilltoppers in the bowl game as interim head coach.
In his eight seasons as a collegiate head coach with Louisville and Arkansas, Petrino led his teams to a bowl game in seven of the eight years, including four 10-win seasons, leading both the Cardinals and the Razorbacks to their first BCS bowl games in school history.
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