MORGANTOWN, West Virginia — West Virginia University has made sure that two of its most successful head coaches will remain in Morgantown for a very long time.
Baseball head coach Steve Sabins and women’s basketball head coach Mark Kellogg have both signed new contract extensions, giving WVU important long-term stability in two programs that have become legitimate national contenders. Sabins is under contract through the 2031 baseball season, while Kellogg’s agreement can keep him in Morgantown through the 2031-32 basketball season.
Both extensions were well deserved.
Sabins has been nothing short of incredible since replacing Randy Mazey as West Virginia’s head baseball coach. In just two seasons, Sabins has compiled a remarkable 91-33 overall record and taken the Mountaineers to heights the program had never reached before.
In his first season, Sabins led West Virginia to a 44-16 record, the program’s first outright Big 12 regular-season championship and a second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Super Regionals. Somehow, he followed that up with an even more historic second season.
In 2026, Sabins led the Mountaineers to their first College World Series appearance in program history. West Virginia didn’t just make it to Omaha, either. The Mountaineers won their first College World Series game and came within one victory of reaching the national championship series.
Sabins was also named the 2026 Mike Martin National Coach of the Year, becoming the first WVU baseball coach ever to win the award. In two years, he has won conference championships, NCAA regionals, reached two Super Regionals and taken West Virginia to Omaha for the first time. That is an unbelievable start to a head-coaching career.
Keeping Sabins in Morgantown was absolutely critical. West Virginia baseball has grown into one of the best programs in the Big 12 and one of the most respected programs in the country. Sabins has proven that he can recruit, develop players and win at the highest level. Other programs were eventually going to come calling, so WVU needed to make it clear that it was serious about keeping him.
Kellogg has been just as impressive with the women’s basketball program.
In three seasons at West Virginia, Kellogg has produced a 78-24 record and three consecutive 25-win seasons. That is the best three-year start by any head coach in program history, and it marks the first time WVU women’s basketball has won at least 25 games in three straight seasons.
The Mountaineers have also reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament in all three of Kellogg’s seasons. In 2025-26, WVU went 28-8, finished second in the Big 12 regular-season standings and won the Big 12 Tournament championship. The Mountaineers finished the season ranked No. 18 nationally after climbing as high as No. 11.
Kellogg was also named a finalist for the 2026 WBCA National Coach of the Year award.
His success certainly didn’t begin in Morgantown. Kellogg owns a 523-143 career record, has never experienced a losing season and ranks fourth among active Division I women’s basketball coaches in career winning percentage. He has led his teams to 12 NCAA Tournament appearances and has won more than 500 games during his outstanding career.
Kellogg has also helped develop some of the best defensive players in the country. JJ Quinerly and Jordan Harrison both became All-Americans, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year winners and professional players under his leadership. Kellogg has built a clear identity around relentless pressure, toughness and effort, and his teams have quickly become some of the most difficult in America to play against.
Keeping Kellogg is especially important because WVU women’s basketball has established itself as a consistent national program under his leadership. The Mountaineers are no longer hoping to make the NCAA Tournament. They expect to be there, and they expect to be dangerous once they arrive.
That is what both of these extensions are really about. WVU isn’t simply rewarding two coaches for what they have already accomplished. The university is protecting the future of two programs that are in tremendous positions to compete for championships.
Sabins has turned West Virginia baseball into a national contender. Kellogg has done the same with women’s basketball. Both coaches have built winning cultures, developed high-level players and given Mountaineer fans programs they can be proud of.
Now, both of them are positioned to remain in Morgantown for years to come—and that is outstanding news for West Virginia University.
