Rich Rodriguez returning as West Virginia head football coach Posted Dec 13, 2024 The 36th head football coach at West Virginia University just so happens to also be the 32nd one. Seventeen years after leaving his alma mater and his home state for the University of Michigan, Rich Rodriguez has been announced head coach of the West Virginia University football program. His acrimonious exit from WVU in 2007 remains a painful chapter. (West Virginia MetroNews)