| Year: | 2008 |
| Team: | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Short Conf: | Independent |
| Record: | 2–10 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Off Coach: | Kevin Wright |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium |
The 2008 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. WKU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent team in 2008 before their move to the Sun Belt Conference in 2009.[1] The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.[2]
| Name | Position | Alma mater |
| David Elson | Head Coach | Butler 1994 |
| Mike Chism | Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends | Kentucky 1990 |
| Mike Dietzel | Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers | Otterbein 1985 |
| Stuart Holt | Running Backs | North Carolina 1995 |
| Cary Marquell | Inside Linebackers | Ball State 1996 |
| Erik Mathies | Defensive Line | Murray State 1998 |
| Travaris Robinson | Defensive Backs | Auburn 2007 |
| T.J. Weist | Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator | Alabama 1988 |
| Kevin Wright | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks | WKU 1987 |
| Walter Wells | Running Game Coordinator | Belmont 1993 |
| Jami DeBerry | Graduate assistant | WKU 2005 |
| Jamison Link | Student assistant | |
| Nick Uhlenhopp | Director of operations | Graceland 2002 |
| Mark Harris | Dir. of equipment and facility operations | |
| Jim Nowell | Dir. of strength & conditioning | Southern Miss 1990 |
| Duane Hall | Strength & conditioning assistant | WKU 1997 |
| Chris Zuccaro | Video coordinator | Ole Miss 2004 |