After leading Jacksonville State through its transition to the FBS and helping the team win a Conference USA Championship, Rich Rodriguez is reportedly returning to West Virginia.
Rodriguez, who is Jax State’s head coach, will once again be the head coach at West Virginia, per several media reports. He was the head coach there from 2001-07, where he went 60-26.
Rodriguez was an FBS head coach for 16 total years before he was chosen to lead Jacksonville State.
He was the head coach at Arizona (2012-17), Michigan (2008-10), and WVU. He led his teams in bowl games in 11 of those years. His teams also reached the top 10 in the AP rankings during five of those seasons.
Rodriguez was also a head coach at Salem, where he was once the youngest head coach in college football at 24 years old, and Glenville State.
As an assistant, Rodriguez worked mostly on the offensive side of the ball. He was an offensive coordinator at ULM (2021), Ole Miss (2019), Clemson (1999-2000), and Tulane (1997-98).
Rodriguez is 136-91 in the FBS as a head coach. He went 9-4 at Jacksonville State last year.
