In his resignation on Thursday, Rodriguez expressed his gratitude for his time in Jacksonville.
Troy, which is coming off back-to-back Sun Belt Conference titles, was selected to stay in Alabama and play in the Birmingham Bowl versus Duke.
Jacksonville State is working toward its first season in Conference USA. UNA will conclude its first spring practice under head coach Brent Dearmon.
Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez and his staff signed four offensive linemen on Tuesday and six overall.
Jacksonville State's home football opener in 2023 will also e the Gamecocks C-USA opener as UTEP comes to town.
Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez leans heavily on recruiting high school players.
Rich Rodriguez, a longtime FBS head coach, continues work toward helping transition the Jacksonville State football program from FCS to FBS.
Samford coach Chris Hatcher and quarterback Michael Hiers, Jacksonville State coach Rich Rodriguez and UNA running back ShunDerrick Powell are finalists for national honors.
Jacksonville State, which is transitioning into the FBS next season, can finish unbeaten in ASUN play on Saturday.
Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez praised his senior class was instrumental in helping with the coaching staff transition.
Jacksonville State's offense has trouble getting started in the homecoming loss to visiting Southeastern Louisiana.
Jacksonville State rushed for nearly 250 yards per game, which is a big part of the reason that the Gamecocks are 6-1.
Treylen Brown has started at guard and center for Jacksonville State this season.
Gamecocks scored winning touchdown on a pass from Zion Webb to Sterling Galban and end the game on the next play with a sack and fumble recovery.
Kennesaw State's athletic option attack worries Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez and the Gamecocks defensive coaches.
Jacksonville State fell to 3-1 after a 54-17 embarrassment at Tulsa. Rich Rodriguez and his team are turning the page after the loss.
All Sterling Galban asked for, when looking for a new place to play, was a chance. Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez and his staff was happy to give him that.
South Alabama, Jacksonville State and West Alabama get big road wins. Jon Sumrall gets his first win as a college head coach and UNA running back ShunDerrick Powell has a big night.
Old friends Rich Rodriguez and Dean Hood gave each other the cold shoulder this week. Both of them understand why the other did not call. They will be on the opposite sidelines on Saturday.
Zion Webb will take the first snap for Jacksonville State on Saturday when Davidson visits Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. Zion Webb also took the first snap when the Davidson football team last visited the JSU campus.
Jacksonville State quarterback Zion Webb, playing in a game for the first time, looked rusty at the beginning of the Gamecocks weather-shortened 42-17 victory over 10th ranked Stephen F. Austin in the FCS Kickoff at the Cramton Bowl.
Jacksonville State is in Montgomery and Alabama State travels to Atlanta to begin the football season.
The Football Championship Subdivision playoff carrot disappeared. The excitement over moving up a college football level and settling into some new facilities is reserved from someone else. That’s just part of reality for a group of 14 Jacksonville State senior football players.
He’s considering on making a fashion statement by wearing shorts, will keep his starting quarterback a secret, at least to the public, until kickoff and had to adjust some things because he believes a couple staff members from the opening day opponent were at his team’s spring game. That covers some of the highlights of the first game week press conference for first-year Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez.
Alabama will be without sophomore wide receiver JoJo Earle for 6-8 weeks because of a fractured foot. UA head coach Nick Saban said that Earle hurt his foot in practice.