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Following are some guidelines for covering the 2016 Mountaineers. Credentials: All requests for working press, photo and broadcast credentials to cover West Virginia’s 2016 home football games must be applied for online at http://www.sportssystems.com/westvirginia at least two weeks prior to the game. Requests the week of the game only will be honored if space permits.
MichaelFRAGALE
Senior Associate Athletic Director/Communications
MikeMONTORO
Director of Football Communications (primary contact)
Due to the demand for working credentials, media regularly assigned to cover WVU and the visiting school will receive priority.
No children (under the age of 16) are allowed on the sidelines for any reason; any children on the sidelines will be removed, along with their guardians. Any abuse of a working credential to West Virginia football games can result in the media agency losing credential privileges for the remainder of 2016 and possibly the entire 2017 home season.
BryanMESSERLY
JohnANTONIK
JoeSWAN
KristinCOLDSNOW
GrantDOVEY
RussellLUNA
ShannonMCNAMARA
AshleyBAILEY
CharlieHEALY
LisaAMMONS
AmyPRUNTY
CherylWIRE
Assistant Athletic Director/ Communications
Director of Digital Media
Director of Athletic Publications
After The Game: Coach Dana Holgorsen will conduct a postgame news conference in the Milan Puskar Center Team Room. Holgorsen’s news conference also can be heard over the press box PA. Requested WVU players also will be available in the team room. No media will be granted access to the West Virginia locker room. During The Week: Coach Dana Holgorsen will meet with the media each Tuesday afternoon at noon, in the Team Room at the Puskar Center. He will be available on the Big 12 weekly conference call each Monday at 11:40 a.m. ET Mountaineer players will be available for interviews each Tuesday from 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. This is also the best time for players to return calls to out-of-town media. They will be available to return phone calls on Tuesday and Wednesday as class and practice schedules permit. Any special arrangements for player interviews should be made through director of football communications Mike Montoro at least a day in advance. Players will not be asked to miss class or study hall for interviews and at no time will a player’s phone number be given to the media.
Multimedia Specialist
Digital Media Manager
Associate Director of Athletic Communications
No player interviews will be conducted during practice sessions. The practice and interview schedule for preseason camp and game weeks will be announced in August.
DIRECTIONS TO PRESS PARKING AREA (RED AND BROWN LOTS) From I-79: Take the Star City/WVU exit. Cross the Star City Bridge and proceed up Monongahela Boulevard toward the Coliseum. At the Coliseum traffic light, turn left onto Patteson Drive. At the second traffic light, turn right onto University Avenue. Travel approximately ½ mile and make a left towards the WVU Law School. Proceed up the hill where attendants will direct you to the Red and Brown parking areas. A shuttle van runs continuously from the media lots to the press box. From I-68: Take the Pierpont Road exit and follow signs to the stadium. At the second traffic light off the interstate, turn left and travel up Easton Hill. Count two more traffic lights and turn right on Route 705 and stay on this highway as it becomes Chestnut Ridge Road. Turn left at the sixth traffic light onto Van Voorhis Road, and make another left at the second traffic light onto University Ave. Travel approximately ½ mile and make a left towards the WVU Law School. Proceed up the hill where attendants will direct you to the Red and Brown parking areas. A shuttle van runs continuously from the media lots to the press box.
Associate Director of Athletic Communications
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Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
Program Assistant
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
Operations Coordinator
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All photographers must work outside the 30-yard lines as prescribed by the NCAA; they are not permitted in the bench area extended. Photographers must sign in for field access in the press box prior to each game.