MORGANTOWN – Morgantown High School believes it has found the man to lead its football program back to being a perennial contender in Class AAA, hiring Keyser High School Head Coach Sean Biser.
The Monongalia County Board of Education accepted the recommendation Tuesday night during its weekly meeting.
“We are very excited to welcome Sean Biser to the Mohigan family,” MHS Atheltics Director John Bowers said in a statement.
For the last 16 years, Biser has led a Keyser football team that has been a fixture in the Class AA playoffs. The Golden Tornado only missed the playoffs twice during Biser’s tenure and more often than not, Keyser was playing well into November. Keyser advanced to the quarterfinals eight times and finished runner-up in Class AA in 2012.
“Sean has led Keyser to many Thanksgiving Day practices and has coached on the Island in Wheeling in December. Our Mohigan teams will be disciplined, strong and very well coached under Biser,” said Bowers.
“We look forward to him leading our players and coaches to all be better in their roles to put Mohigan football back on the map.”
Playing and old fashioned, hard-nosed Stick-I style of offense, Keyser dominated opponents in 2019, outscoring the opposition by an average of 40 points per game.
Biser, who was an offensive lineman for WVU from 1990 to 1993, will now lead a Morgantown program that expects to be playing on the final Friday in November every year.
From 1995 to 2013, Morgantown made 19 consecutive playoff appearances, won four state championships (2000, 2002, 2005, 2006) and finished runner-up one other time (1998). The Mohigans also reached the state semifinals eight times during that run.
However, the Mohigans have not won a playoff game since the 2016 season, when it reached the semifinals, losing to eventual state champion Martinsburg. Morgantown reached the playoffs in both 2017 and 2018 but made first round exits and last season finished with a 3-7 record.
Former Head Coach Matt Lacy resigned in November, compiling a 22-23 record in three seasons on the job.
Biser will officially be introduced during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at Morgantown High School.