 It was the Mountaineers' 3rd Conference championship in a row and their first outright championship in the inaugural Sun Belt Championship game hosted in Boone on December 1, 2018.On December 4, 2018 Scott Satterfield was confirmed to be the next head coach at The University of Louisville Cardinal Football program in the ACC.Assistant Head Coach Mark Ivey would be named interim Head Coach and would go on to coach the Mountaineers for the 2018 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl win over Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders (43–13) December 15, 2018.