WVU Football Announces Date of 2025 Gold-Blue Spring Showcase

To confirm what head coach Rich Rodriguez revealed weeks ago, the WVU football program announced the date of their spring game on Thursday.

The annual Gold-Blue Spring Showcase will take place on Saturday, April 5 at 1 p.m. at Milan Puskar Stadium.

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The 2025 Gold-Blue Spring Showcase is set for Saturday, April 5! 🟡🔵

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— West Virginia Football (@WVUfootball) February 13, 2025

“We start spring ball at the end of February. We’re starting it early, be done by the first of April. We’re going to go April 5th for the spring game. We moved it up. I like to have a day off in between each one so you have meetings and lift in between your practices. So we’ll go like Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday all the way up until there’s a week of spring break in there. We’re going to find out what we got, teach, evaluate, and the one reason I’m finishing early is it’ll give us another week before the portal opens,” said Rodriguez about his spring plans during a recent appearance on the “3 Guys Before the Game” podcast.

WVSN photo by Kelsie LeRose

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.

No matter how many games he won and trophies he lifted, Rodriguez’s first WVU tenure was tainted by the way he left – bolting for Michigan following the infamous 13-9 loss to Pitt, a defeat that cost the Mountaineers a trip the BCS National Championship Game.

After his 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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