WVU Football
Report: WVU Football Finds Cornerbacks Coach
On Saturday morning, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reports the WVU football program is hiring Rod West as its new cornerbacks coach. WVU fan and host of Locked On West Virginia “Mountaineer Paul” mentioned about West’s addition late Friday night.
West has served in that same position and also as pass game coordinator at Appalachian State the last four years.
He’s also been at Richmond, Chattanooga and Moorhead State prior to his Appalachian State tenure.
Below is more information about West from Appalachian State when they hired him in 2021.
“Named to the 2021 American Football Coaches Association 35 Under 35 list, West spent the last three-plus seasons on staff with the Richmond Spiders, most recently as the co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach. Richmond’s 2020 season was postponed to spring 2021.
In 2019, West served as the defensive pass game coordinator and cornerbacks coach, helping Richmond finish first in the Colonial Athletic Association in passing defense at 194.8 yards per game. Cornerback Daniel Jones was named to the CAA all-conference team after finishing third on the team with 84 tackles, including a team-high 52 solo tackles, and recording two interceptions and five pass breakups.
West spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as Richmond’s dimes coach and was also the co-special teams coordinator in 2018. The Spiders’ 2017 squad finished fifth in the CAA in passing defense at 197.7 yards per game.
He coached at Chattanooga from 2015-16, serving as the cornerbacks/dimes coach as well as recruiting coordinator. During his time with the Mocs, he mentored four All-Southern Conference honorees. Chattanooga led the SoCon in passing defense and ranked top two in the league in total defense in both seasons.
West began his coaching career in 2009 at NAIA school Kentucky Christian, where he worked with defensive backs and assisted with academics. He has also had stints as a graduate assistant for the Division II national runner-up Delta State (2010), defensive backs coach at Texas A&M-Commerce (2011-12) and defensive backs and special teams coach at Morehead State (2013-14).
A native of Selma, Ala., West was a four-year letterman from 2005-08 and a two-year starting defensive back at Southwestern Athletic Conference member Alabama State. He was a member of the Dean’s List his final three years and graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English in 2009.
He and his wife, Marcie, were married in 2013. Marcie was a three-time All-America volleyball player at the University of Florida and played in four NCAA Tournaments from 2004-07.”
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jackson five
January 4, 2025 at 11:21 am
if wvu can’t get power 4 coaches and players, we’re just whistling past the graveyard,, we won’t be competitive,, take a look our the off. line coach who RR hired,, he’s been fired from more jobs than i ever had,,and after just one yr,, RR apparently does not have the ability to judge talent or lack of… and hudson clement told wvu what illinois had offered in dollars, and wvu told him that they couldn’t match it..this signals to me, we will never ever be contenders for a natl. championship… we simply don’t have the dollars.. and we’ll forever be getting players from jax state and eastern michigan to replace players who end up with power 4 programs,,i don’t believe RR can perform miracles with average talent, he’s got to have the horses .. neal brown said he all when he left, that wvu’s budget placed the team in the bottom teams inthe big 12, and wvu’s desire wantedto be at the top of the big 12,, in this era, where money is everything, unless we get bunches of nil money , we won’t be much better than we are right now ..now if some comm. is formed and institutes a salary cap that the big boys won’t be receptive to, then they will just leave the ncaa and form their own semi pro league,, i really think in the end, that will happen,, if ohio state can spend 20 million bucks on one team than wvu hasnt a chance. it’s now all about donors with deep pockets,, take a look at SMU who asked for no money for the next 9 yr to join the ACC,, they have all the oil money it needs,,this season, proved that.. i hope down the line we all will be put on an equal playing field. it’s time just to call it the D league of pro football, and move on.