Men's Basketball
Sean McClurg
- Title:
- Director of Video, Scouting and Analytics
- Email:
- sean.mcclurg@mail.wvu.edu
- Phone:
- (304) 293-2193
Sean McClurg was hired as Director of Video, Scouting and Analytics on Ross Hodge's staff at WVU in April 2025.
In his first season in Morgantown in 2025-26, WVU had 21 victories, including the 2026 College Basketball Crown title in Las Vegas with wins over Stanford, Creighton and Oklahoma. Entering the season as one of five Power 5 teams to not return any scoring from the previous season, the Mountaineers finished seventh in the Big 12 after being predicted to finish 11th in the preseason poll.
WVU had some monumental victories in 2025-26. The Mountaineers' 22-point win over Pitt was the largest margin of victory against the Panthers in the 55-year history of Hope Coliseum while holding the Panthers to 49 points, the lowest point total from Pitt in Morgantown since 1949. WVU opened the season at home with a 13-0 record, marking its best start at home since a 15-0 start in 1981-82.
The Mountaineers had two ranked wins in 2025-26, defeating No. 19 BYU and No. 22 Kansas. WVU had two of the school's three biggest comeback wins on the road in Big 12 history. The Mountaineers were down 14 points with 13:13 remaining in the second half at UCF and down 14 points with 16:11 remaining in the second half at Cincinnati.
McClurg, a native of Wayne, New Jersey, spent 2024-25 at North Texas under Hodge in the same capacity.
“Sean brings a great deal of experience and knowledge in the new age of analytics and advanced scouting,” Hodge said. “Sean will have a direct impact in our game preparation and recruiting. He is a tremendous worker and a great person.”
In 2024-25 at North Texas, the Mean Green won 27 games and advanced to the semifinals of the NIT. The Mean Green ranked third in the country in scoring defense at 60.1 points per game, 1.5 points behind first-place Houston. UNT had the AAC’s second-most efficient offense and second-most efficient defense. UNT’s 27 wins were the second-most single season wins in school history and the 14 league victories were tied for the third-most league wins in school history. North Texas had five players earn all-conference honors.
“I’m blessed to be joining coach Hodge’s staff at West Virginia,” McClurg said. “It’s a privilege to be part of a program with rich history and championship culture. I’m excited to meet the Mountaineer faithful and sing Country Roads with them after games!”
McClurg previously served as an assistant coach at Queens for two seasons under coach Grant Leonard. He helped lead Queens into the Division I era, posting 18 wins in 2022-23 and earning wins over Marshall, High Point, Fairleigh Dickson and eventual Atlantic Sun champion Kennesaw State. Queens won at least one ASUN Tournament game in each of McClurg’s two seasons in Charlotte.
Prior to Queens, McClurg was on staff at New Mexico State under Chris Jans for four years, beginning in 2018. During his time, New Mexico State went to the NCAA Tournament twice and won 25 or more games three times (the only time they didn’t was during the 2020-21 season when they had 10 games canceled due to COVID). In the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the Aggies upset No. 5-seeded UConn in the first round.
McClurg served on the staff at Louisiana Tech as a graduate assistant in 2017-18 and was a student manager at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, from 2013-17.
In Blacksburg, McClurg worked for Buzz Williams as he rebuilt the program from nine wins in McClurg’s first season to back-to-back 20-win seasons in just three years, culminating in a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2017.
McClurg earned a bachelor’s degree in 2017 from Virginia Tech in computational modeling and data analytics.
In his first season in Morgantown in 2025-26, WVU had 21 victories, including the 2026 College Basketball Crown title in Las Vegas with wins over Stanford, Creighton and Oklahoma. Entering the season as one of five Power 5 teams to not return any scoring from the previous season, the Mountaineers finished seventh in the Big 12 after being predicted to finish 11th in the preseason poll.
WVU had some monumental victories in 2025-26. The Mountaineers' 22-point win over Pitt was the largest margin of victory against the Panthers in the 55-year history of Hope Coliseum while holding the Panthers to 49 points, the lowest point total from Pitt in Morgantown since 1949. WVU opened the season at home with a 13-0 record, marking its best start at home since a 15-0 start in 1981-82.
The Mountaineers had two ranked wins in 2025-26, defeating No. 19 BYU and No. 22 Kansas. WVU had two of the school's three biggest comeback wins on the road in Big 12 history. The Mountaineers were down 14 points with 13:13 remaining in the second half at UCF and down 14 points with 16:11 remaining in the second half at Cincinnati.
McClurg, a native of Wayne, New Jersey, spent 2024-25 at North Texas under Hodge in the same capacity.
“Sean brings a great deal of experience and knowledge in the new age of analytics and advanced scouting,” Hodge said. “Sean will have a direct impact in our game preparation and recruiting. He is a tremendous worker and a great person.”
In 2024-25 at North Texas, the Mean Green won 27 games and advanced to the semifinals of the NIT. The Mean Green ranked third in the country in scoring defense at 60.1 points per game, 1.5 points behind first-place Houston. UNT had the AAC’s second-most efficient offense and second-most efficient defense. UNT’s 27 wins were the second-most single season wins in school history and the 14 league victories were tied for the third-most league wins in school history. North Texas had five players earn all-conference honors.
“I’m blessed to be joining coach Hodge’s staff at West Virginia,” McClurg said. “It’s a privilege to be part of a program with rich history and championship culture. I’m excited to meet the Mountaineer faithful and sing Country Roads with them after games!”
McClurg previously served as an assistant coach at Queens for two seasons under coach Grant Leonard. He helped lead Queens into the Division I era, posting 18 wins in 2022-23 and earning wins over Marshall, High Point, Fairleigh Dickson and eventual Atlantic Sun champion Kennesaw State. Queens won at least one ASUN Tournament game in each of McClurg’s two seasons in Charlotte.
Prior to Queens, McClurg was on staff at New Mexico State under Chris Jans for four years, beginning in 2018. During his time, New Mexico State went to the NCAA Tournament twice and won 25 or more games three times (the only time they didn’t was during the 2020-21 season when they had 10 games canceled due to COVID). In the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the Aggies upset No. 5-seeded UConn in the first round.
McClurg served on the staff at Louisiana Tech as a graduate assistant in 2017-18 and was a student manager at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, from 2013-17.
In Blacksburg, McClurg worked for Buzz Williams as he rebuilt the program from nine wins in McClurg’s first season to back-to-back 20-win seasons in just three years, culminating in a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2017.
McClurg earned a bachelor’s degree in 2017 from Virginia Tech in computational modeling and data analytics.
College Basketball Crown Recap
Thursday, April 16
Ross Hodge, Honor Huff & Brenen Lorient | Oklahoma Postgame
Sunday, April 05
Ross Hodge, Treysen Eaglestaff & Brenen Lorient | Creighton Postgame
Saturday, April 04
Ross Hodge & Honor Huff | Stanford Postgame
Thursday, April 02
