Andy Kennedy will not be the next head coach of the West Virginia men’s basketball program.

Amid swirling rumors Wednesday evening, regarding his imminent hiring in Morgantown, the UAB head coach took to social media just before midnite to put an end to any further speculation.

Speaking to AL.com regarding his late-hour declaration, Kennedy, who was on the road recruiting, said he “had to let all know that it was false” after hearing erroneous reports that he would be named the West Virginia head coach on Thursday.

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins simultaneously announced his resignation and retirement on Saturday following a DUI arrest Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Huggins was born in Morgantown and played point guard for West Virginia before starting his coaching career as an assistant with the Mountaineers. He was an assistant at Ohio State and UCF for one season each and accepted his first Division I head coaching position at Akron (1984-1989). Huggins was head coach at Cincinnati for 16 seasons (1989-2005) — where Kennedy was an assistant for four seasons and interim head coach for the 2005-2006 season — and spent a year at Kansas State before returning to his alma mater as head coach.

Huggins is eighth all-time in Division I men’s basketball wins, owning an 864-388 record, and is one of 12 coaches to eclipse 800 wins. Along with former Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton and former Auburn and current Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis, Huggins is one of only three coaches with 800 wins and more than 35 years of experience to not win a national championship

For UAB, Kennedy returns Eric Gaines, Javian Davis, Tony Toney, and Efrem “Butta” Johnson and signed a wealth of talent in the offseason. The Blazers hit the transfer portal for the likes of Arkansas’s Barry Dunning, Ole Miss sophomore James White and former Oak Mountain standout and UNC transfer WIll Shaver, and signed a star-studded JUCO class that includes three of the top 10 players in the nation.