Rich Rodriguez officially announced his resignation as head football coach at Jacksonville State on Wednesday.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2024, 9:43 a.m.Jacksonville State coach Rich Rodriguez looks on from the sideline against New Mexico State.Rich Rodriguez officially announced his resignation as head football coach at Jacksonville State on Thursday, leaving the program to become the next head football coach at West Virginia.
“Coach Rodriguez has been an outstanding leader for Jacksonville State Football, playing a pivotal role in our successful transition to the FBS and making a lasting impact on our program, our student-athletes, and our university as a whole,” Jax State athletics director Greg Seitz said in a release. “We understand this is an incredible opportunity for him and his family, and we wish him all the best at West Virginia.
Smith has been the offensive coordinator at Jax State since June 2022 and has been on Rodriguez’s staff at West Virginia, Michigan, and Arizona. This will be his second time serving as interim head coach, with his first being in 2020 at Illinois when Lovie Smith was fired.
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