Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez
Richard Alan "Rich" Rodriguezis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University, Glenville State College, West Virginia University, and the University of Michigan. His career college football coaching record stands at 153–104–2. In 2011, Rodriguez worked as an analyst for CBS Sports...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 May 1963
far good limit offense score takes team
You've got to try to limit the big plays, which we've been pretty good at so far this year. They score so quickly, I think it takes the other team out of their offense so fast.
fighter flew jets stadium
They flew those fighter jets over the stadium and before they'd landed, we were down 10-0. It was ugly.
beat chance cheap good mentally missed mistakes
You can't make missed assignments and give them cheap ones. They're good enough to beat you without you making mistakes; you can't make mistakes mentally and have a chance to do it.
believed expected folks games guys locker room win
There weren't a lot of folks that expected us to win 10 games this year. I think the guys in that locker room believed that they could do it, and they did.
break full half practiced standing
There's about half of you that have never practiced with us. Everything up to the break is full speed. I don't want you standing around.
amount coaches coaching factors proud state successful tremendous west
So there are a lot of factors that go into having a successful season. I'm proud to be coaching in the state of West Virginia. There's a tremendous amount of outstanding coaches in our state at a lot of schools.
coaches draw
Coaches always look for parallels. There are some similarities, and we'll try to draw from that.
fingers keeping leadership maybe player playing valuable
No question, he's maybe the most valuable player we have on the team, period. Not just from a playing standpoint, but also from a leadership standpoint. We're keeping our fingers crossed.
biggest earned fun guys hit leverage screen start year
The one on the screen which was the biggest hit of the year so far. It showed the guys that if you get the right leverage and do the right thing, you can have a lot of fun out there. He's earned the right to start this week.
bad coach focused magical virginia west year
This has been a magical year to be coach at West Virginia University. But you get so focused on what you're doing, and sometimes bad things happen.
ball break burst extremely good pat played ran steve white
They showed some of their explosiveness. I thought Pat White played extremely well, ran the ball well and made some good decisions. And Steve Slaton, at times, he's got that burst that he can break one at any time.
complain playing top
I think that's a little high. We're not playing like a top 10 team. But we're not going to complain about it.
bit great turned
I thought he'd be a great player, and he's turned out to be every bit of that.
ball game nobody passing plays run whether
I think you're going to have to make some plays in the passing game, whether or not the opportunities are there I don't know. But nobody has been able to run the ball on them,