Rich Rodriguez is Prepared to Join WVU Fans in Celebrating Big Wins

A big win for WVU may mean a wild scene in Morgantown with Rich Rodriguez back at the helm. Rodriguez is already enjoying his return to West Virginia so much that he’s fantasizing about winning championships and celebrating with the fans.

Rodriguez may even take celebrating with the fans to a whole new level if the Mountaineers win a big game during his first season back this fall. He said as much during a recent on a show for 365 Sports at the Big 12 Media Days event.

“I heard there’s a city ordinance against it, but if we win a big game this year, my ass is burning a couch. I’m going to pay the fine ahead of time or something. I don’t care,” joked Rodriguez.

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So WVU fans can now add imagining a 62-year-old Rodriguez running all over Sunnyside burning every couch in sight to their dreams of what winning the Backyard Brawl or any of the top Big 12 matchups will be like.

Even though Rodriguez experienced a lot of big wins during his first tenure, he never burned a couch…at least there’s no video evidence of him doing it…

Rodriguez, a West Virginia native, currently holds a 190-128-2 overall coaching record. He experienced most of his success while leading the Mountaineers from 2001-2007. At WVU, Rodriguez won four Big East titles and was named conference Coach of the Year twice. He added a third Coach of the Year honor in the Pac-12 in 2014 with Arizona.

After his controversial departure from WVU, Rodriguez spent three lackluster years at Michigan and six seasons with Arizona, highlighted by winning 10 games and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl in 2014. Most recently, he led Jacksonville State through a successful transition from FCS to FBS and won the 2024 Conference USA title before leaving to return to West Virginia.

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