Whether he wanted it to be public or not, Nick Saban played a small part in helping West Virginia land on Rich Rodriguez as the head football coach. WVU great Pat McAfee let the cat out of the bag a week or so ago during one of his shows on ESPN and had the G.

Moments ago on The Pat McAfee Show, former Alabama head coach and West Virginia native Nick Saban said that he helped with the coaching search for the next head coach of the Mountaineers. “I was a part of this coaching search alongside Wren Baker.

Just hours after West Virginia announced that they would be parting ways with head football coach Neal Brown, former WVU punter/kicker Pat McAfee made a post on

Rodriguez launched his head coaching career at a pair of West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schools. He led Salem in 1988 and Glenville State from 1990-96. Stints as the offensive coordinator at Tulane and Clemson preceded Rodriguez’s first appointment as WVU head coach.

One can only imagine the thoughts that will be running through Rich Rodriguez's mind as he walks back into the West Virginia football offices when the official announcement

Nick Saban gave Mountaineers head football coach Rich Rodriguez advice on what to say to his West Virginia locker room during his return speech.

Rich Rodriguez is set for a return to West Virginia University as head football coach, a position he last held until 2007. Athletic director Wren Baker announced Rodriguez's appointment 17 years after his exit to Michigan,