The 1978 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 86th overall season and they competed as an NCAA Division I-A independent. The team was led by head coach Frank Cignetti Sr., in his third year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record 2–9. Cignetti, the father of current Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, hired West Virginia native and future seven-time national championship coach Nick Saban to tutor the Mountaineers' defensive backs. Wiki link