New ULM football coach Terry Bowden has hired former West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona head coach Rich Rodrigeuz as his offensive coordinator. Monroe News Star sports reporter Adam Hunsucker says Rich’s son, former Arizona Quarterback Rhett Rodriguez, is also coming to Monroe.
“His son was in the transfer portal and looking for a place to go and it was a deal where there’s an opportunity to coach his son and be with Terry,” said Hunsucker.
It’s unknown how much ULM will pay Rodrigeuz. But Hunsucker points out Rich Rod is still receiving buyout money from Ole Miss, where he was the offensive coordinator for just one season.
“It was a deal to where he was looking for the right opportunity, not necessarily going to jump at anything, and then this all came about and it was something both the older and younger Rodriguez decided to jump on,” said Hunsucker.
It will certainly be a challenge to rebuild a program that finished last season 0-10, but Hunsucker says fans are already excited about the high-profile coaching staff.
You can go back and look at some guys that came through here, some good coaches sure but they were kind of unknown commodities at that point, right now you have a mix of people like Rich Rodriguez and then they’re bringing in some young guy from Clemson, and it’s really taken on a life of its own.”
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