Rich Rodriguez returning to West Virginia as head coach

Rich Rodriguez will have a second run as head coach at West Virginia

West Virginia is going back to the past for its football future.

The Mountaineers are getting ready to hire former coach Rich Rodriguez as their next head coach.

Rodriguez was at Jacksonville State, where he was 27-10.

He was 60-26 in his first run at WVU. He was head coach in Morgantown from 2001-07 before leaving for Michigan.

He was also head coach at Arizona.

West Virginia fired Neal Brown after it went 6-6 in the regular season.