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For the baseball player, see.Rich Rodriguez Biographical detailsBorn( 1963-05-24) May 24, 1963 (age 56)Alma materPlaying career1981–1984Position(s)Coaching career ( unless noted)19851986(DB/ST)1987Salem (AHC/)1988Salem1989(OLB)197–1998(/QB)1999–2000(OC/QB)208–2012019(OC)Head coaching recordOverall163–119–2Bowls5–6Tournaments2–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)Accomplishments and honorsChampionships4 (1993–1996)4 (2003–2005, 2007)1 (2014)Awards(1993)2× Coach of the Year (1993, 1994)2× (2003, 2005)(2014)Richard Alan Rodriguez (born May 24, 1963), also known as Rich Rod, is a former coach and former player. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at (1988), (1990–1996), (2001–2007), the (2008–2010), and the (2012–2017). His career coaching record stands at 163–118–2. In 2011, Rodriguez worked as an analyst for. Contents.Playing career A native of, Rodriguez graduated from in 1981 where he played four sports and was an all-state and player. After high school, Rodriguez attended. Playing as a, he recorded 54 career tackles over three seasons.Coaching career Starting out in coaching (West Virginia and Salem) During the 1985 season, Rodriguez served as a student assistant under head coach and graduated with a Physical Education degree.

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In 1986, he was hired by Salem College (now ) where he served as coordinator and secondary coach. In 1987, he became Salem’s and in 1988 took over as.

At 25 years old, he was the youngest college head coach in the country. He was 2–8 in his first season as head coach, after which the college announced it was dropping its football program.In 1989, he returned to West Virginia University as a volunteer assistant.Glenville State, Tulane, and Clemson After Rodriguez's return to WVU as a volunteer coach with the outside linebackers for the 1989 football season, he left again to take over as head coach at. During his stay from 1990 to 1996, the team earned three consecutive championships and competed in the 1993 national championship.

His first season, 1990, he led the team to a 1–7-–record. In 1991, Glenville improved to 4–5–1. 1992 showed a 6–4 season; however in 1993, Rodriguez led Glenville to a 10–3 record and the WVIAC Championship and runner-up. The next two years, 1994 and 1995, Glenville finished as WVIAC Co-Champions. In Rodriguez's final season at Glenville, 1996, he led them to a Co-Championship once again. While at Glenville, Rodriguez compiled a record of 43–28–2 and was named WVIAC Coach of the Year in 1993 and 1994, NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1993, and West Virginia State College Coach of the Year in 1993 by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. Glenville State's four championships under Rodriguez were their first since 1959 while his players' set five national career records for Division II.

He also coached three players who earned WVIAC Player of the Year honors.Rodriguez left Glenville State at the end of the 1996 season to serve as assistant coach, and coach for from 1997 to 1998, under head coach. Rodriguez knew Bowden's father, because he had worked at his camps during summers.

In Rodriguez's first year as offensive coordinator his innovative offense succeeded as Tulane went 7–4 and had their best season since 1980. Rodriguez was part of Tulane's success, including their 12–0 season in Rodriguez's last season at Tulane, mainly for his spread offense with quarterback.

When Bowden was hired as the head coach at, he retained Rodriguez on his staff. Rodriguez served as the offensive coordinator and associate head coach until the end of the 2000 season, traveling to a. Rodriguez was considered to be the frontrunner for the Tulane coaching job following Bowden's departure and was led to believe that he was going to be the next coach for Tulane. However, was hired instead.In 1999, Rodriguez interviewed for the head coaching job at but lost to. West Virginia On November 26, 2000, WVU's athletic department announced that Rodriguez would again return to West Virginia, this time as head coach to replace the retiring. Rodriguez's first season at West Virginia, 2001, was a disappointing 3–8 season. However, Rodriguez's turn-around of the 2002 team is the greatest turn-around in history with a 9–4 recordBig East runner-up finish, back-to-back road wins against ranked and, and a berth, where they lost to ACC runner-up,.

The Mountaineers finished second in the nation rushing with 283 yards per game and fourth in turnover margin. In 2003, the Mountaineers started the season 1–4, and after losing to #2 22–20, the Mountaineers posted a 6–1 Big East record and tied for the Big East championship with Miami, earning a berth.

That season, the Mountaineers replaced 22 seniors, eleven of which were starters. In 2004, the Mountaineers posted an 8–4 record with a talented team of seniors and juniors, but were ranked as high as sixth during the regular season.Following the 2002 season, Rodriguez was awarded the Coach of the Year by and state college coach of the year for all sports by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.

He also received the 2003 from the West Virginia chapter of the, and also earned Big East Coach of the Year that season. In 2005, he was offered to join the Board of Directors, and that same season was again given Big East Coach of the Year honors. In 2005, Rodriguez and the Mountaineers won the title with freshman tandem and, thus claiming the conference's automatic berth in the (BCS), where they defeated the in the and a final ranking of fifth, tying the highest in school history (other in 1988).Repeating their 2005 success, West Virginia posted another 11-win season, which was the first consecutive 10-win seasons in school history. The Mountaineers defeated, 38–35, in the and finished 10th in the final polls. Rodriguez also had two consensus All-Americans, running back and center (who also won the as the nation's best center).On December 7, 2006, Rodriguez received an offer from the to be the next head coach. Despite reports that he had agreed in principle to coach at Alabama, which Rodriguez described as totally incorrect, on December 8, 2006, Rodriguez announced he would remain as head coach at West Virginia.The Mountaineers started the 2007 season ranked #3 in the and #6 in the.

They were #5 in the nation, before losing to #18 for the second consecutive time. South Florida eventually moved to #2, before dropping out of the Top 25 after losses (though USF would end the regular season ranked at #21). West Virginia dropped to #12 and #13 in the AP and Coaches' poll, respectively, before rebounding with wins against, #25, and #21. The Mountaineers eventually defeated #20 to clinch the and move to #2 in the standings and #1 in the, both the highest position ever for a Mountaineer football team.

WVU's regular season ended at home with a loss in the against Pittsburgh, 13-9. After the departure of Rodriguez, the Mountaineers went on to defeat University of Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl under interim head coach Bill Stewart.Departure from West Virginia On December 16, 2007, Rodriguez informed players at West Virginia that he was leaving to succeed as the head football coach. Rodriguez's earlier loss to the unranked eliminated WVU from contention. Rodriguez's original resignation letter listed January 3, 2008 as his resignation date, but he subsequently made it clear that he would not be coaching WVU in its January 2 appearance in the versus. On December 18, 2007, Rodriguez informed the university that his resignation would instead be effective at midnight that night and was replaced by his former assistant coach, who was selected as head coach after the Mountaineers won the Fiesta Bowl.The announcement of his departure came just four months after Rodriguez last renegotiated his contract with West Virginia and was made despite his stated long-term commitment to the Mountaineers. The contract included a $4 million buyout if he left WVU within one year of the August 2007 signing date.

It has since been speculated that Rodriguez's departure was triggered by conflicts with the new president of WVU,. Some insight into the discontent between Rodriguez and WVU is evidenced in a compendium of emails that were released to the on January 23, 2008.

An Associated Press story indicated that Rodriguez's agent Mike Brown was threatening to take his client elsewhere early in the 2007 season.On December 27, 2007, West Virginia University filed a motion for in Circuit Court, asking the court to find that Rodriguez's contract with the University was valid, that WVU had not breached that contract, and that Rodriguez had breached it. Subsequently, on January 18, 2008, WVU added a count of after Rodriguez allegedly failed to pay the first installment of the $4 million clause (often referred to as a 'buyout clause' by the media) when due.On July 9, 2008 Rodriguez and WVU agreed to settle the lawsuit. The terms of the settlement stated that the University of Michigan would pay $2.5 million of the settlement. Rodriguez was required to pay WVU the remaining $1.5 million in three installments of $500,000 each, spread over three years starting in January 2010.An opinion poll in September 2013 by found that 47% of West Virginia voters still had an unfavorable opinion of him, with only 11% seeing him favorably. Michigan.

Rodriguez & during spring practice on April 11, 2009.Rodriguez was introduced by as its new coach at a news conference held on December 17, 2007 at the Junge Family Champions Center on the University of Michigan campus. After arriving at Michigan, Rodriguez installed a new staff. He brought several members of his West Virginia staff with him, including Tony Gibson and offensive coordinator. Fred Jackson, the running backs coach, was the only coaching holdover from 's staff. Rodriguez also changed the strength and conditioning facilities, completed a top ten incoming recruiting class in 2008 (which was recruited mainly by Carr and his staff), and installed his own recruiting to serve his. Equipment manager Jon Falk also stayed with the Michigan football program; he had been with Michigan since the days of.Rodriguez began his Michigan coaching career on August 30, 2008 with a 25–23 loss to. His finished with a record of 3–9, the worst season in school history.

Michigan's losing record meant that the team did not play in a post-season for the first time in 33 years, the longest such streak in college football up to that point. One of the few high points of the season came on September 27 when Michigan made the second-largest comeback in program history to defeat #9 27–25 after trailing 19–0 late in the third quarter. That contest was also the 500th game played in.Players leaving and criticism Several Michigan players transferred and subsequently criticized Rodriguez. Transferred from the program to rival Ohio State citing offensive behavior and a 'lack of family values' from the coaching staff. Boren became first team all Big Ten at Ohio State University in the 2009 season. Others have supported the assertion about a lack of family values, including writer Michael Rosenberg, who stated 'Rodriguez's staff uses some of the foulest, most degrading language imaginable.

I know coaches curse, and I'm no prude, but this goes way beyond a few dirty words. This is a big part of why offensive lineman Justin Boren left the team. He felt his dignity was at stake.'

Former Michigan player Kurt Wermers claimed to not get along with coaches after transferring following the 2008 season to, but he was, in fact, academically ineligible at the time of his transfer, calling into question the credibility of his claim. NCAA rule violations. Rich Rodriguez gives an interview in Beaver Stadium before the day of the 2010 Michigan vs. Penn State gamePrior to the 2009 season several anonymous players told journalists (including Rosenberg) at the that Rodriguez and his coaching staff had habitually violated NCAA rules. The alleged offenses included attending unofficial scrimmages and requiring players to work out more hours than NCAA rules permit for the off-season. Rodriguez denied the allegations. On October 27, 2009, the NCAA sent a Notice of Inquiry to the University of Michigan stating the NCAA found reasonably reliable information indicating NCAA rule violations.

Following the Notice, the investigation into potential major violations continued. On November 16, 2009, the University of Michigan Auditors looking into the NCAA violations discovered that University of Michigan Athletic Department staff failed to file monthly logs that track how much players work out and practice.Then on February 22, 2010, the NCAA formally accused Michigan of five 'major rules violations' after finding that the team and its coaching staff failed to comply with practice time rules under coach Rich Rodriguez, and used several graduate assistants in coaching position in contravention of NCAA regulations on the limits of the number of coaches. This marked the first time that major violations have been alleged against the Michigan football program. All of the violations dated from January 2008 forward, which coincided with Rodriguez's arrival at Michigan. The University of Michigan has acknowledged that it committed four major violations in its football program.

This resulted in U-M self-imposing sanctions which including cutting practice time and either disciplining or terminating staff, as well as two years probation. The final NCAA report downgraded the list of violations originally investigated, agreed with Michigan's self-imposed sanctions, but added an extra year of probation. Eventual departure Despite the setbacks of his inaugural season, Rodriguez compiled a recruiting class for the which was ranked eighth nationally by Rivals.com. Tom Dienhart, writing for, named Rodriguez the second best football coach in the behind only 's and ahead of more tenured coaches such as 's and 's.Under Rodriguez, the Wolverines opened the 2009 season with a 31–7 win against followed by wins over rival.

Following these three victories, two over weak mid-major opponents, Michigan opened its Big Ten schedule with a 36–33 win against. However, Michigan finished the season with a 5–7 (1–7 in the Big Ten) record after road losses to, and the and a 25-point home loss to followed by a 25-point loss to the and a 38–36 loss at home to. Rodriguez ended the 2009 season with a 21–10 loss to rival. This loss eliminated the Wolverines from bowl competition for the second year in a row.The 2010 season got off to a similar start to the 2009 campaign, with the Wolverines winning their first five games of the season. Michigan started the season off by notching a win over, who eventually won a share of the Big East title and went on to represent the conference in a BCS bowl. By week three, the team earned a spot in the AP Top 25 at #20 and USA Today Poll at #22.

Their highest AP ranking, #18, came before recording their first loss of the season against 17-ranked in-state foe and eventual Big Ten co-champion (part of a three-way tie). The team finished Big Ten play with a 3–5 record, including a 37–7 loss against arch-rival. This caused further criticism of Rodriguez, for failing to restore competitiveness to one of college football's greatest rivalries. Still, Michigan had earned a 7–5 record and, for the first time under Rodriguez, were bowl eligible.The season included such highlights as a spectacular 67–65 comeback win over Illinois in triple overtime on Nov 6 and a special talent in sophomore quarterback who in 12 games passed for 2,316 yards and rushed for 1,643 yards while accounting for 30 rushing and passing touchdowns.

Rodriguez led Michigan to its first New Year's Day bowl since the 2007 season when Michigan accepted a bid to play in the. However, Michigan's 38-point loss to Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl was the worst bowl loss in school history.Due to the team's disappointing season after such a promising start, and another loss to Ohio State, Rodriguez finished the regular season campaign amidst speculation that he would not return for the 2011 season. Rumors about Rodriguez's ousting heated up after the season, when head coach and former Michigan quarterback, did not attend an anniversary dinner recognizing the 1985 Michigan team.

Harbaugh had been rumored to replace Rodriguez in seasons past.At Michigan, Rodriguez suffered a 20-point home loss to a Big Ten opponent in all three seasons he coached (most recently against, a 48–28 loss). In his first two years, Rodriguez had no wins in October against Football Bowl Subdivision teams and did not record a win against such an opponent until the 2010 season, recording a road victory over Indiana. At Michigan, Rodriguez had a 2–7 record against the Wolverines' three regular season rivals: Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Michigan State, recording victories against Notre Dame in the 2009 and 2010 campaigns. Media circus outside of Schembechler Hall after news broke that Rich Rodriguez had been fired as University of Michigan head coach on Jan 5, 2011Rodriguez was rumored to be let go as Michigan coach on January 4, 2011. School officials initially denied this, but the following day, athletic director announced that Rodriguez had been dismissed.

Rodriguez has the lowest winning percentage (.405) of any coach in Michigan football's history. He also went 0–3 against Ohio State and 0–3 against Michigan State.Rodriguez worked as an analyst for for most of the 2011 season before being hired to coach at Arizona. He had previously participated in CBS's 2011 Signing Day Coverage.

When asked if he regretted moving to Michigan, he said: 'I think it's easy to go back now and say, 'Gee, I made a mistake.' And you can say that now because of hindsight. But at the time, some of the things I was looking to do and the opportunity that was there, you kind of make the move.but you know hindsight is always easier to look back and say, 'it was a mistake.' Because we did have a good thing going at West Virginia, and we really enjoyed it. As you look back at it, it wasn't the best move.

Easy to say now.' When asked if he would ever return to coaching, Rodriguez said, 'I'm open to another opportunity, but we'll see. Here, that window looks like it's closed, but if something comes open after this season, and it seems like it may be a good opportunity for me and someone is interested, I'm sure I'll look into it.' In June 2011, Rodriguez put the family home in up for sale for an asking price of $1.9 million.The tumultuous three years with Michigan was chronicled in great detail in Three and Out, written. Bacon was given full insider access from the start of the 2008 season all the way through the search for Rodriguez's successor. The book also covers Rich Rodriguez's career before coming to Michigan, including the buyout from West Virginia.Arizona Following Rodriguez's tenure at CBS, he was hired as the 30th head coach of the program on November 21, 2011. His hiring was first announced by University of Arizona athletic director on while a press conference officially announcing him as the head coach was held a day later at in.

Rodriguez's hiring ended a 41-day search for a head coach which started after was dismissed after eight seasons as Wildcat head coach.In Rodriguez's first season at Arizona, the Wildcats finished the season 8–5 with a win over in the. The season, which included Arizona running back breaking the school single-season records for rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, was Rodriguez' first winning debut season and first bowl appearance in a debut season. It also tied for the most wins in an Arizona coach's debut season.The Wildcats posted an 8–5 record in Rodriguez' second season as head coach. The season saw the emergence of star running back Carey and was capped with a victory over in the AdvoCare V100 Bowl.In his third year, Rodriguez led the Wildcats to their first 5–0 start and top 10 ranking since 1998 after beating No. 2 Oregon 31–24. He then lost his first game to Southern California and subsequently lost to UCLA. After compiling an 0–2 mark against in-state arch-rival Arizona State his first two years, Rodriguez's Wildcats defeated the, 42–35 in 2014 to win the Pac-12 South Division, the first divisional championship in program history.The Wildcats advanced to the at in, where they were defeated by their conference rivals, the, 51–13 (despite winning the regular season match-up).

The Wildcats then played in the, the school's third major-bowl appearance, where they faced the. Arizona lost the game to Boise State, 38–30. Under Coach Rodriguez, the Wildcats finished the 2014 season with a record of 10–4 (7–2 Pac-12), achieving only the second 10-win regular season in program history; the Wildcats also finished the season ranked #17 in the and #19 in the.Rich Rodriguez lost the last game he coached at Arizona to a Jeff Brohm coached Purdue University team 38-35, on December 27, 2017 in the Foster’s Farm Bowl.Firing Rodriguez's former administrative assistant filed a multimillion-dollar claim accusing him of sexually harassing her and creating a hostile work environment for years. Rodriguez was fired on January 2, 2018 after a three-month internal investigation by the.

He admitted to having an extramarital affair, but denied all allegations of other sexual misconduct. Ole Miss On December 31, 2018, it was announced that Rodriguez accepted the offensive coordinator position at the , joining newly hired defensive coordinator (recently fired head coach at ) on the staff of head coach. He received a three-year contract. After Matt Luke was fired, new head coach did not offer a contract to Rodriguez.Spread option Rodriguez is considered a pioneer of a, run-oriented version of the, although a pass-first version was already being implemented by others.

He first developed this offensive approach at and refined it during his stops at with, at with, and at most notably with dual-threat quarterback. This strategy features frequent use of the. Rodriguez is also credited for inventing the play run out of the shotgun formation.Family Rodriguez and his wife, Rita, have two children, Raquel and Rhett.

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