The Mountaineers played their home games at the Kidd Brewer Stadium, located in Boone, North Carolina.

Shawn Clark was fired as the Mountaineers' head coach on December 2, finishing his career at Appalachian State with an overall record of 40–24.

[1] On December 7, South Carolina offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains was hired as the Mountaineers' new head coach.

[2] In the Sun Belt preseason coaches' poll, the Mountaineers were picked to finish first place in the East division.

Aguilar, was well as tight end Eli Wilson and wide receiver Kaedin Robinson, were awarded to be in the preseason All-Sun Belt first team offense.