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Rodriguez looks to fill out, toughen up roster over spring break

The West Virginia University football players will be away from campus for the next week for spring break. WVU coach Rich Rodriguez said it will give him and his coaches the chance to more deeply discuss the players on their roster – and some who may not be on their roster yet. Rodriguez ...

NOTEBOOK: WVU football assistant Blaine Stewart taking a stab at the NFL

MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez is once again looking for a new assistant after inside receivers coach Blaine Stewart announced his departure Thursday. In a social media post, Stewart – the son of former WVU head coach Bill Stewart and the tight ends ...

Jeff Casteel excited to get back on the sidelines as bandits coach at WVU

MORGANTOWN -- The chance to coach on the same staff as his son was enough for Jeff Casteel to emerge from retirement and rejoin the West Virginia University football team. Casteel, the former defensive coordinator at WVU during some of its most successful years, is coaching bandits this ...

Rhett Rodriguez growing in the family business

To say that WVU football – and the philosophies of head coach Rich Rodriguez – are ingrained in his son Rhett would be an understatement. There’s a photo of Rhett Rodriguez as a young child, sitting on the knee of former WVU quarterback Rasheed Marshall when Marshall led the ...

NOTEBOOK: Preston Fox rejoins WVU football team for senior season

MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University football team added a name to its wide receiver room – a familiar one it had only to look to last year’s roster to find. WVU coach Rich Rodriguez confirmed that Preston Fox had rejoined the team and was practicing with the Mountaineers on ...

New WVU corners coach leading way to improvement

MORGANTOWN -- New West Virginia University cornerbacks coach Rod West had something to admit when he met with the media this week: he’s trying his best to keep the Mountaineer secondary’s past in the past. “Full disclosure, I’ve tried my hardest not to watch any film from last ...