HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP)—Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick says West Virginia assistant John “Doc” Holliday has signed a five-year contract to coach the Thundering Herd.
Hamrick says Holliday will be paid $600,000 per season. The school has scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. Thursday to introduce Holliday.
Holliday replaces Mark Snyder, who resigned Nov. 29 after going 22-37 in five seasons.
It’s the first head coaching job for the 52-year-old Holliday after three decades as an assistant, most of them with the Mountaineers. He has the task of restoring respectability to a program that hasn’t had a winning season since 2003.
Defensive coordinator Rick Minter will coach Marshall (6-6) in the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl in Detroit on Dec. 26.