West Virginia pulled off a big-time hire over the weekend, officially landing Zac Alley as the team's new defensive coordinator. The move backs up the promise from some of WVU's biggest donors, showing that they are more than committed to helping assist Rich Rodriguez in returning the football program to national relevance,

West Virginia is finalizing a three-year deal to make Oklahoma defensive coordinator Zac Alley the school's new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Saturday, a day after the Sooners lost to Navy 21-20 in the Armed Forces Bowl.