Top 25
23-44
- Games
- 67
- Win rate
- 34.3%
Coach Profile
2001-2025 • Arizona, Jacksonville State, Michigan, West Virginia
4 schools coached, anchored by West Virginia.
Rich Rodriguez coached 19 seasons, won 59.7%, and posted an average SRS of 5.1. Best season: 2007 West Virginia. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 5 stints shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
West Virginia
Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 91.7.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
10-2 • SRS 24.4 • SP Overall 28.2
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+7.2
SP Off / Def
41.7 / 14.4
Finish
#6
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 25
23-44
Top 10
8-16
Top 5
3-8
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
West Virginia
2025-2025 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -2.6 • Win % —
Jacksonville State
2023-2024 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.0 • Win % 66.7%
Arizona
2012-2017 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 5.3 • Win % 55.1%
Michigan
2008-2010 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -2.7 • Win % 40.5%
West Virginia
2001-2007 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 11.4 • Win % 69.8%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Rich Rodriguez sets the reference point in overall strength.
Rich Rodriguez sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rich Rodriguez
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
2025-2025 • 0-0
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
0.0 during vs 5.8 baseline
-5.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.6 during vs 3.7 baseline
-6.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.8 during vs 4.5 baseline
-11.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
2023-2024 • 18-9
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
2012-2017 • 43-35
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 6.0 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 8.1 baseline
-2.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 8.6 baseline
-2.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+16.7%
2008-2010 • 15-22
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 9.2 baseline
-4.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.7 during vs 16.3 baseline
-19.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 19.1 baseline
-13.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-80.0%
2001-2007 • 60-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.6 during vs 6.8 baseline
+1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.4 during vs 6.8 baseline
+4.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
15.2 during vs 9.6 baseline
+5.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
57.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+57.1%
High Points
Best Season
West Virginia 2007
10-2 • SRS 24.4
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 2005
11-1 • 10.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
West Virginia 2007
10-2 • SP Off 41.7
Best Defensive Season
West Virginia 2007
10-2 • SP Def 14.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Michigan 2008
3-9 • SRS -5.3
Biggest Drop
Michigan 2008
3-9 • -29.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| West Virginia | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | -2.6 | -6.8 | 22.8 | 30.0 | +0.2 | — |
| Jacksonville State | 2024 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | -2.8 | -1.0 | 28.8 | 28.3 | -1.6 | -5.0% |
| Jacksonville State | 2023 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -1.2 | -1.6 | 24.8 | 25.9 | -4.6 | +15.4% |
| Arizona | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.4 | 3.7 | 38.1 | 33.9 | +8.3 | +28.8% |
| Arizona | 2016 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -4.9 | -4.5 | 29.6 | 32.4 | -4.8 | -28.8% |
| Arizona | 2015 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #22 | — | -0.1 | 4.7 | 38.0 | 31.6 | -10.8 | -17.6% |
| Arizona | 2014 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | #19 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 33.4 | 25.7 | -3.4 | +9.9% |
| Arizona | 2013 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 14.1 | 14.6 | 37.2 | 21.1 | +5.6 | 0.0% |
| Arizona | 2012 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.5 | 8.2 | 40.7 | 31.5 | +7.9 | +7.7% |
| Michigan | 2010 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 0.6 | 7.7 | 40.2 | 30.6 | +4.1 | +12.2% |
| Michigan | 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -3.5 | 8.2 | 32.6 | 25.6 | +1.8 | +16.7% |
| Michigan | 2008 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -5.3 | 1.6 | 20.5 | 19.2 | -29.7 | -58.3% |
| West Virginia | 2007 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #3 | #6 | 24.4 | 28.2 | 41.7 | 14.4 | +7.2 | -1.3% |
| West Virginia | 2006 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #5 | #10 | 17.2 | 25.4 | 41.2 | 17.3 | +0.6 | -7.0% |
| West Virginia | 2005 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #5 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 33.3 | 17.6 | +10.7 | +25.0% |
| West Virginia | 2004 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #10 | — | 5.9 | 8.1 | 33.8 | 27.6 | -1.9 | +5.1% |
| West Virginia | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 7.8 | 12.7 | 37.2 | 26.3 | -0.6 | -7.7% |
| West Virginia | 2002 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #25 | 8.4 | 13.7 | 38.7 | 26.6 | +8.7 | +42.0% |
| West Virginia | 2001 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -0.3 | 2.8 | 29.0 | 27.1 | — | — |
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