Huggins and Carey Earn Milestone Wins

Mountaineer basketball coaches Bob Huggins and Mike Carey racked up milestone wins this past season.

Huggins won his 900th career game with an 84-67 victory over Morehead State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Indianapolis, becoming just the sixth Division I basketball coach to reach the milestone. He joined Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim, Jim Calhoun, Roy Williams and Bob Knight in the exclusive club.

In 14 seasons with the Mountaineers, Huggins has posted a 310-171 mark and been to the postseason 12 times - 10 NCAA berths, the NIT and the CBI. Prior to returning home to WVU in 2007, he had a 23-12 record in one season at Kansas State, a 399-127 record in 16 seasons at Cincinnati, a 97-46 mark in five seasons at Akron and a 71-26 record in three seasons at Walsh.

The winningest coach in program history, Carey won his 700th career game over LSU in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout. In his 33 seasons as a head coach, Carey has posted a 720-325 mark and became one of eight coaches nationally who surpassed 700 career wins in 2020-21.

In 20 seasons at WVU, Carey has a 432-223 record. Prior to WVU, he was 288-102 in 13 seasons as the men’s coach at Salem. The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association recognized Carey as a member of its Victory Club.