Coaches / Head coach / Rich Rodriguez
Form · last two seasons
64
performing to its level
Rating65recent
Peak73best 5 yrs
Career75whole career
confidence
Rich Rodriguez
Head Coach · West Virginia
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
49
continuity at West Virginia · early
Seasons here2
Programs6
Stints7
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating65Form64≈ as usualPeak73Career75
1988–2026 · 29 seasonsRecord 194-138National titles 0Great seasons 1 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 65: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 73: best five-season stretch, 2003–2007 at West Virginia (48-14, 3 top-10 seasons by team strength), taking over a good program.
- Career 75 (#119 since 1936): total accomplishment over 29 seasons (194-138), 0 national titles, 1 elite season; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Won big at one of his 6 programs (West Virginia).
Over expectation · 2016 on59Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
Program lift62
Evaluation30
Results61
Recruiting87
Staff building57
Game management60
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | West Virginia | 0-0 | #58 | +0.27 SD |
| 2025 | West Virginia | 4-8 | #80 | -0.22 SD |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 9-5 | #82 | -0.25 SD |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 9-4 | #69 | -0.11 SD |
| 2017 | Arizona | 7-6 | #51 | +0.26 SD |
| 2016 | Arizona | 3-9 | #83 | -0.40 SD |
| 2015 | Arizona | 7-6 | #70 | -0.01 SD |
| 2014 | Arizona | 10-4 | #30 | +0.83 SD |
| 2013 | Arizona | 8-5 | #23 | +1.00 SD |
| 2012 | Arizona | 8-5 | #32 | +0.66 SD |
| 2010 | Michigan | 7-6 | #58 | +0.04 SD |
| 2009 | Michigan | 5-7 | #74 | -0.30 SD |
| 2008 | Michigan | 3-9 | #77 | -0.45 SD |
| 2007 | West Virginia | 10-2 | #1 | +2.06 SD |
| 2006 | West Virginia | 11-2 | #9 | +1.47 SD |
| 2005 | West Virginia | 11-1 | #10 | +1.28 SD |
| 2004 | West Virginia | 8-4 | #40 | +0.43 SD |
| 2003 | West Virginia | 8-5 | #35 | +0.63 SD |
| 2002 | West Virginia | 9-4 | #33 | +0.65 SD |
| 2001 | West Virginia | 3-8 | #63 | -0.04 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating60Peak69
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UL Monroe | -0.11 | -0.03 | -0.79 |
| 2019 | Ole Miss | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.37 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.