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2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

2009 WKU Hilltoppers football
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Conference Sun Belt Conference
2009 record 0–12 (0–8 SBC)
Head coach David Elson
Offensive coordinator Walter Wells
Defensive coordinator Mike Dietzel
Home stadium Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
(Capacity: 22,113)
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Sun Belt football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Troy $   8 0         9 4  
Middle Tennessee   7 1         10 3  
Louisiana–Monroe   5 3         6 6  
Florida Atlantic   5 3         5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   4 4         6 6  
Arkansas State   3 5         4 8  
FIU   3 5         3 9  
North Texas   1 7         2 10  
WKU   0 8         0 12  
  • $ – Conference champion
As of January 6, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 WKU Hilltoppers football]team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. WKU was an NCAA Division I FBS independent team in 2008, before their move to the Sun Belt Conference in 2009. 2009 was the first season where the Hilltoppers were eligible for a Sun Belt Conference championship and a postseason bowl game. The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The Hilltopers were one of only two teams (Eastern Michigan being the other) to finish the 2009 season winless.

On November 9, 2009, David Elson was officially released as WKU's head coach. He remained as head coach until the end of the 2009 season. He was replaced by Stanford's running backs coach Willie Taggart, a Western Kentucky University alumnus.


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