Paul Price enters his second season as the Special Teams Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at West Virginia State University in 2021.
The former head coach at Concord University brings over 35 years of coaching experience to the WVSU coaching staff.
"I'm thrilled to be able to work with Coach Price again," said Head Coach John Pennington. "He is an experienced coach in this league and someone who mentored me as a young coach. He has the leadership skills and passion for the game to bring out the best in our players and staff."
Price has been an integral part of five conference-winning coaching staffs throughout his coaching career. He was the defensive coordinator at West Virginia Wesleyan when the Bobcats won the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) Championship in 1995, 2002, and 2003. While he was the defensive coordinator at Concord, the Mountain Lions claimed a WVIAC Championship in 2011 and a Mountain East Conference (MEC) Championship in 2014. Due in large part to Price's stout defense in 2014, the Mountain Lions also won the Super Region One Championship and made an appearance in the NCAA Division II national semifinals.
Price has been at the helm of two football programs throughout his extensive coaching career. He was the head coach at West Virginia Tech from 1996-1998 and, most recently, he was Concord's head coach from 2016-2019. He also ran West Virginia Wesleyan's offense from 1989-1993 to round out his coaching resumé.Â
Price coached 28 all-conference players, 13 all-region players, two conference defensive players of the year and one academic All-American during his tenure at Concord. The countless players that he's coached over the years tend to succeed not only on the field, but in the classroom as well. While head coach at West Virginia Tech, he graduated 92 percent of his players over a three-year period.
Price played his college football at West Virginia Wesleyan where he earned First Team All-WVIAC honors twice (1981, 1982) as the team's center. He received his bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan in 1984 and went on to earn his master's degree from Hudson Valley Community College (Troy, N.Y.) where he began his coaching career.
Price graduated from Steel Valley High School (Munhall, Pa.) in 1979. He has one daughter, Erin, and a grandson.
