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Amy Sancetta/AP
Former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez
will take over at the University of Arizona, the school is set to
announce Tuesday. |
Former Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez will be introduced as the new football coach at the University of Arizona at a press conference on Tuesday, the university confirmed.
The announcement was first made by athletic director Greg Byrne
on Twitter Monday night, with a tweet reading "And the new Arizona
football coach and his family is …" and a link to a twitpic of
Rodriguez, his wife and two children.
Rodriguez, 48, replaces interim head coach Tim Kish, who took over for Mike Stoops last month. Stoops was fired in his eighth year as head coach after the Wildcats began the season with a dismal 1-5 record.
The West Virginia graduate was also in contention for the Tulane
University opening, but a source said he told them he wasn't interested
as talks with Arizona began intensifying.
In addition to two seasons at Michigan, where he went 15-22, Rodriguez
amassed a 60-26 record in five seasons at West Virginia. He has also
coached at Salem and Glenville State. He has a career record of
120-84-2.
After being fired from Michigan at the end of the 2010-11 season,
Rodriguez spent this season as an analyst at the CBS Sports Network.
