Delan Stevens said.Benson would replace E. Gordon Gee, the Morgantown school’s longest-serving president who announced during a budget crisis in August 2023 that he would retire when his contract expires in June 2025.

Coastal Carolina University’s president has been offered the same position further north. A CCU spokesperson confirmed Friday night that Dr. Michael T. Benson was extended an offer to become the next president at West Virginia University.

In a message to the community tonight, Coastal Carolina University released a statement confirming that Michael Benson, current president of CCU, has been extended an offer to lead WVU.

West Virginia University is eyeing Michael T. Benson to be the 27th president of the university. WVU's interest in Benson was confirmed by Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, where he has served as president since January 2021.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Coastal Carolina University President Michael Benson will be the next president at West Virginia University, sources tell MetroNews reporter Hoppy Kercheval. “He was one of the 10 finalists and then it got down to three and then after a lot of debate and discuss the Board of Governors focused in on Benson,” Kercheval said.

Coastal Carolina University President Michael Benson is set to be named WVU’s 27th University president, per an email sent to Coastal Carolina students Friday.

Coastal Carolina University President Michael Benson has been extended an offer to become West Virginia University’s next president, where he would be tasked with reversing decade-long declining […]

Coastal Carolina University President Michael Benson has been extended an offer to become West Virginia University’s next president, where he would be tasked with reversing decade-long declining enrollment at the state’s flagship university.