Ten years ago, 2015, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez began a decline that ultimately led to his firing after the 2017 season. Now RichRod has reappeared as the coach at his alma mater, West Virginia, one of Arizona's new Big 12 rivals. What happened to RichRod's 2015 staff?
Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez, left, confers with quarterback Jerrard Randall (8) after he ran for a touchdown against the Colorado Buffaloes in the second half, Oct. 17, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. Arizona won 38-31.
– Charlie Ragle, his special teams coach at Arizona, now has a similar position at ASU.
– Rod Smith, his quarterback coach at Arizona, is now the offensive coordinator at Marshall, filling the job occupied last year by new UA offensive coordinator Seth Doege.
– Matt Dudek, the recruiting coordinator at Arizona in '15, is now in a similar job at Mississippi State.
– Mike Parrish, who was the assistant AD for football at Arizona, is now head of the NIL program at Western Michigan.
– Jim Michalczik, Arizona's talented offensive line coach in 2015, is now the OL coach at Michigan State.
– Tony Dews, Arizona's 2015 receivers coach, is now the running backs coach for the New England Patriots.
– Jahmile Addae, Arizona's safeties coach in 2015, is now the cornerbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills.
– Jeff Casteel, Arizona's defensive coordinator in ’15, is now a linebackers coach at West Virginia.
– Parker Whiteman, the top strength and conditioning coach at Arizona, is now an assistant S&C coach at West Virginia.
