Nearly two decades following his controversial departure, it looks like Rich Rodriguez once again will be West Virginia University’s football coach. Multiple news outlets reported Wednesday night that a deal was being finalized between WVU and Rodriguez for him to return to the football program.

Seventeen years after his successful tenure as West Virginia's coach ended, native son Rich Rodriguez is on the verge of returning to the helm of the Mountaineers, multiple media outlets

There is a large portion of the West Virginai fanbase that vividly remembers the early 2000s; they can still feel what it felt like watching the Mountaineers punching up and beating teams that they really had no business beating;

Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez is in the mix for the West Virginia head coaching job. It is believed that Rich Rod is one of the finalists for the gig and with the search over a week old,