West Virginia University

Notable Alumni

• Ret. Gen. Earl E. Anderson - Marine Corp General
• Allen Appel - writer
• Phillip D. Beall - WWII & Korean War soldier & winner of a Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, and two Bronze Stars
• Terry Bowden - ABC Television Sports Analyst
• Tommy Bowden - Head Football Coach at Clemson University
• Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke - Acclaimed Shakespeare scholar and professor at Yale, Cornell & the University of London.
• Marc Bulger - St. Louis Rams Quarterback
• Gale Catlett - winningest coach in WVU basketball history
• John Chambers - President and CEO of Cisco Systems
• Jay Chattaway - a Star Trek music score writer
• Stephen Coonts - New York Times bestselling author
• William Harrison Courtney - special assistant to President Clinton
• Brig. Gen. Frank Kendall Everest, Jr - test pilot and pioneer of rocket aircraft
• Gen. Robert Fogelsong - US Air Force HQ vice chief of staff
• Bucky Guth - Minnesota Twins player
• David C. Hardesty - President of the University
• Kathleen M. Hawk - Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Jeff Hostetler - Washington Redskins & New York Giants Quarterback
• Sen. Harley M. Kilgore - chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization during World War II
• Fuzzy Knight - writer of the WVU Fight Song and Country Western Actor
• Don Knotts - television and movie actor
• Blanche Lazzell - artist
• William Leonhart - former ambassador to Tanzania and Yugoslavia
• Joe Manchin - The 34th Governor of West Virginia
• Jon McBride - astronaut
• Alan Mollohan J.D. - United States Congressman
• Herb Morrison - announcer for Chicago station WLS who described the Hindenburg German airship bursting into flames.
• Todd Sauerbrun-NFL punter
• Mike Vanderjagt - Indianapolis Colts placekicker
• Charles M. Vest - President Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Jerome Alan "Jerry" West - WVU & NBA basketball player