UC football coach Kirkland hospitalized

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — University of Charleston football coach Pat Kirkland suffered a medical episode over the weekend and won’t be able to coach for a few weeks, a university spokesman confirmed Monday.

University of Charleston football coach Pat Kirkland
University of Charleston football coach Pat Kirkland

Kirkland is hospitalized in Morgantown. Specifics about the episode were not released.

UC offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Paul Johnson will fill-in for Kirkland in the interim.

The school expects Kirkland to be able to return to work in the not to distant future, UC Communications Director Dave Traube said.