Dana Holgorsen spent eight seasons at Texas Tech and was there as the Red Raiders were constructed from the ground up and built into a national title contender. Yet he was co-coordinator of the offense for just two years. Then it was Houston and two years as the O.C. there and Oklahoma State and only this past season as the O.C.

Now he’s here as the O.C. at WVU for one year, but he’ll finally sit down in one spot and in 2012 begin a run, as defined by his contract, of five years as the head coach. For all he’s done — top-ranked offenses everywhere he’s been — he’s never done it over a number of years in one spot, never allowed the success to sustain, enhance and recruit itself over time.

Imagine that. He has. It’s about to change with the Mountaineers.

“Houston, I knew was going to be a short-term deal and Oklahoma State I knew was going to be a short-term deal to accomplish what I wanted to accomplish and get where I wanted to go,” he said. “With success I was able to move on and right here, this isn’t a get-it-done-quick-and-leave type of deal.

“Whatever I’m doing now, from a recruiting standpoint, to building a program, to dealing with academics, to dealing with boosters, with all the things you have to deal with in this profession, what you do now is going to have an impact on what you’re doing five years from now.”