MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As The Basketball Tournament returns to Charleston next month, a former head coach is back to lead the WVU alumni team Best Virginia. Jarrod West, who led Best Virginia in their initial TBT appearance in 2019, returns to lead the team in the annual summer tournament.
West, the veteran head coach of Notre Dame High School in Clarksburg, played in 110 games for the Mountaineers from 1994-1998. He averaged 10.6 points per game in his senior season and his buzzer-beating basket against Cincinnati in the second round of the NCAA Tournament propelled WVU into the Sweet 16.
West replaces University of Charleston head coach James Long as the Best Virginia frontman.
The eight-team West Virginia Regional of The Basketball Tournament will be played at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center July 18-22. Charleston last hosted the regional round in 2022 when Best Virginia advanced to the national quarterfinals.
Former WVU assistant Ron Everhart and Bridgeport High School graduate and Fairmont State assistant Donald Kummer will join West’s coaching staff. Greg Richardson remains the team’s general manager.
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Jarrod West returns as head coach of Best Virginia for the first time since the 2019 debut!
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Erik Stevenson, Kedrian Johnson, John Flowers and Jermaine Haley were recently announced as Best Virginia players this summer. New roster additions include West’s son Jarrod West. He excelled at Marshall and Louisville before starting his professional career. West most recently played at KK Bosna Sarajevo in Bosnia. West previously played for the Marshall alumni team Herd That in the TBT. He led Notre Dame to the Class A state championship in 2017.
Other recent roster additions for Best Virginia include former North Texas and South Carolina guard James Reese, former WVU forward Wes Harris and former Mountain East Conference Player of the Year Will Vorhees.
Best Virginia owns an 8-5 record in TBT play.