Rich Rodriguez
• Position: Head coach
• 2008-10: Head coach, Michigan
• 2001-07: Head coach, West Virginia
• 1999-2000: Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks, Clemson
• 1997-98: Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks, Tulane
• 1990-96: Head coach, Glenville (W.Va.) State
• 1989: Volunteer assistant, West Virginia
• 1988: Head coach, Salem (W.Va.) College
• 1987: Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator, Salem
• 1986: Secondary/special teams coach, Salem
• 1985: Student assistant, West Virginia
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Calvin Magee
• Position: Associate head coach/co-offensive coordinator/running backs coach
• 2011: Assistant head coach/co-offensive coordinator/running backs, Pitt
• 2008-10: Offensive coordinator/running backs, Michigan
• 2007: Assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/running backs, West Virginia
• 2005-06: Offensive coordinator/running backs, West Virginia
• 2001-05: Running backs, West Virginia
• 1999-2000: Running backs/running game coordinator, South Florida
• 1997-98: Running backs, South Florida
• 1996: Tight ends, South Florida
• 1990-1995: Assistant head coach/offensive coordinator, Tampa (Fla.) Catholic High School
Rod Smith
• Position: Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
• 2011: Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks, Indiana
• 2008-10: Quarterbacks, Michigan
• 2007: Quarterbacks, West Virginia
• 2005-06: Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks, South Florida
• 2001-04: Quarterbacks/passing game coordinator, South Florida
• 2001: Graduate assistant, Clemson
• 2001: Graduate assistant, West Virginia
• 2000: Offensive coordinator, West Virginia Tech
• 1998-99: Offensive coordinator, Urbana (Ohio) University
• 1997: Offensive coordinator, Franklin (W.Va.) High School
Jeff Casteel
• Position: Defensive coordinator/linebackers
• 2003-11: Defensive coordinator/linebackers, West Virginia
• 2002: Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers, West Virginia
• 2001: Defensive line, West Virginia
• 2000: Defensive ends, UTEP
• 1991-99: Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator, Shepherd University (W.Va.)
• 1988-90: Defensive line/strength and conditioning, Shepherd University
• 1987: Defensive line, Miami (Fla.) Palmetto HS
• 1984-86: Graduate assistant, California (Pa.) University
Tony Gibson
• Position: Assistant head coach/ safeties/defensive special teams coordinator
• 2011: Secondary/pass defense coordinator, Pittsburgh
• 2008-10: Assistant head coach/secondary/strength and conditioning, Michigan
• 2001-07: Defensive backs/recruiting coordinator, West Virginia
• 1999-2000: Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator, West Virginia Tech
• 1997-98: Defensive backs/recruiting coordinator/strength and conditioning, Cumberland University (Tenn.)
• 1996: Defensive backs, Glenville (W.Va.) State
• 1995: Head coach, Gilmer County (W.Va.) HS
Spencer Leftwich
• Position: Tight ends/offensive special teams coordinator
• 2011: Offensive line, Pittsburgh
• 2010: Offensive line, Tulsa
• 2007-09: Offensive line, North Texas
• 2003-06: Offensive line, Tulsa
• 1994-2002: Offensive line, North Texas
• 1992-93: Offensive line, New Mexico St.
• 1989-91: Offensive line, Stephen F. Austin
Robert Anae
• Position: Offensive line coach
• 2011: Offensive line, Arizona
• 2005-10: Offensive coordinator/inside receivers, BYU
• 2000-04: Offensive line, Texas Tech
• 1998: Offensive line/running game coordinator, UNLV
• 1997: Offensive line, UNLV
• 1996: Offensive line, Boise State
• 1992-95: Offensive line, Ricks College (Idaho)
• 1990-91: Graduate assistant, BYU
• 1986-87: Offensive line, Hawaii
Tony Dews
• Position: Receivers coach
• 2011: Tight ends/recruiting coordinator, Pittsburgh
• 2008-10: Receivers, Michigan
• 2007: Receivers, West Virginia
• 2006: Linebackers/associate strength and conditioning, UNLV
• 2005: Tight ends/strength and conditioning, Central Michigan
• 2004: Tight ends, Central Michigan
• 2003: Defensive line, Holy Cross
• 2002: Offensive line, California (Pa.) University
• 1999-2001: Graduate assistant, West Virginia
• 1998: Defensive line, Millersville (Pa.) University
• 1997: Offensive line, Bainbridge (Ga.) HS
Bill Kirelawich
• Position: Defensive line coach
• 2003-11: Defensive line, West Virginia
• 2001-02: Administrative assistant, West Virginia
• 1991-2000: Defensive line, West Virginia
• 1988-90: Outside linebackers, West Virginia
• 1980-87: Defensive line, West Virginia
• 1979: Part-time assistant, West Virginia
• 1970-78: Head coach, Ashland (Pa.) Cardinal Brennan High School
David Lockwood
• Position: Cornerbacks coach
• 2008-11: Cornerbacks, West Virginia
• 2007: Defensive backs, Kentucky
• 2005-06: Defensive coordinator/linebackers, Minnesota
• 2002-04: Defensive backs, Minnesota
• 2001: Cornerbacks, Notre Dame
• 2000: Defensive backs West Virginia
• 1999-2000: Defensive backs, Wyoming
• 1999: Defensive backs, Memphis
• 1995-98: Wide receivers, Memphis
• 1994: Tight ends/wide receivers, James Madison
• 1990-93: Tight ends/receivers, Delaware
• 1989: Graduate assistant, West Virginia
Matt Dudek
• Position: Director of on-campus recruiting and player personnel
• 2011: Director of football branding and events, Rutgers
• 2009-10: Assistant director of football operations/recruiting coordinator, Pittsburgh
• 2008: Academic coordinator, Pittsburgh
• 2007: Video assistant/academic coordinator, Pittsburgh
• 2006: Video graduate assistant, Pittsburgh
Mike Parrish
• Position: Director of operations
• 2010: Director of operations, Michigan
• 2008-09: Recruiting and operations assistant, Michigan
• 2006-07: Operations graduate assistant, West Virginia
Charlie Ragle
• Position: Assistant operations director
• 2007-11: Head coach, Scottsdale Chaparral HS
• 2006: Graduate assistant, Arizona State
• 2005: Defensive coordinator, Scottsdale Chaparral
• 2000-04: Defensive coordinator, Moon Valley HS
Billy Kirelawich
• Position: Operations coordinator
• 2010: Operations assistant, Pittsburgh Pirates' spring training facility in Bradenton, Fla.
Chris Allen
• Position: Associate athletic director/strength and conditioning
• 2008-10: Director of skill development and associate director of strength and conditioning, Michigan
• 2003-07: Coordinator of strength and conditioning/director of skill development, West Virginia
Parker Whiteman
• Position: Assistant strength and conditioning coach/director of skill development
• 2008-10: Assistant strength coach, Michigan
• 2007: Assistant strength coach, West Virginia
• 2006: Graduate assistant, West Virginia
• 2004-05: Assistant strength coach, Baltimore Ravens
Frank Davis
• Position: Assistant strength and conditioning coach
• 2009-10: Player, UFL's Las Vegas Locomotives
• 2006-08: Player, NFL's Detroit Lions
Matt Caponi
• Position: Defensive graduate assistant
• 2011: Graduate assistant, Pittsburgh
• 2008-10: Defensive coordinator, Washington and Jefferson College (Pa.)
• 2006-09: Secondary, Washington and Jefferson
• 2005: JV coordinator/linebackers coach, Mount Union College (Ohio)
• 2004: Student assistant, Mount Union College
Cory Zirbel
• Position: Offensive graduate assistant
• 2011: Assistant, Michigan athletic department
• 2010: Offensive quality control, Michigan
• 2009: Volunteer assistant, Michigan
The Arizona Wildcats got more than just a head coach when they hired Rich Rodriguez to take over the football program in November.
See, Rodriguez rolls deep.
The UA's first year coach has assembled a staff of old friends and longtime loyalists to try to turn around a program that went 4-8 a year ago. Six of Arizona's nine full-time, on-field assistants have worked with Rodriguez at one or more of his previous stops, whether it's Glenville (W. Va.) State, West Virginia or Michigan. The three that didn't have a past linked to Rodriguez came highly recommended by those who did. Nearly every support staffer, from strength coaches to graduate assistants, arrive in Tucson with deep Rodriguez roots.
"He's got to be the only guy in the country who can make three phone calls and put a staff together," defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich said. "That's how bad the guys want to coach with him. That's why I'm out here."
Here's a look at Arizona's 2012 coaching staff:
