So says the WVU Foundation, which awarded the basketball coach one of its 2012 Outstanding Philanthropy awards. Huggins is keeping considerable company, too.

WVU men’s head basketball coach Bob Huggins is being honored for his commitment and generosity to the University.

Mr. Huggins has not only led his alma mater to an unprecedented level of sustained success on the court, but has used his stature and notoriety to raise awareness and funds for causes off the court and close to his heart.

Foremost among these causes has been the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment, established in memory of the coach’s mother who died of cancer.  Through various fundraising efforts, he has mobilized an incredible number of donors around the state and nation in support of cancer research at WVU’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.  The endowment has quickly grown to over $600,000 with no indication of slowing down.