MORGANTOWN -- If Rich Rodriguez’s introductory press conference Friday came his first time around at West Virginia University back in 2001, he would have a little more time to bask in the glow of returning to Morgantown. As it stands in the current state of college football, what used to be ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia University spent Friday afternoon celebrating the hiring of Rich Rodriguez as its new head football coach. Yet Rodriguez won’t be on the sidelines as the Mountaineers’ head coach for Tuesday’s Frisco Bowl against No. 25 Memphis (9 p.m. ESPN). He hasn’t ...
MORGANTOWN -- Rich Rodriguez believes he’ll be a better coach now for West Virginia University than he was during his first tour of duty – and that is a pretty high bar to clear. Yet he feels that his 17-year journey around college football following his tumultuous exit from Morgantown ...
MORGANTOWN -- Rich Rodriguez was standing at the podium for no more than five seconds Friday. Five seconds isn’t long enough to warm up anything in a microwave. It’s not long enough to change your shoes or wash your hands. It was more than enough time for the man decked out in a ...
MORGANTOWN -- Take Rich Rodriguez’s resume. Now take his name off the top. Just look at the list of accomplishments – 190 wins, 14 bowl appearances for his teams, including a trio of New Year’s Six bowls, three power-conference stints, an offense consistently sitting at or near the ...
MORGANTOWN -- In fortifying the future of its football program, West Virginia University reached back into the past, hiring the former coach who led the Mountaineers to some of their greatest triumphs. The university officially announced Thursday that Rich Rodriguez – who coached WVU to ...