Long National Nightmare Over... Coaching Carousel 11

Yup- Mich1gAAn has their guy: Rich Rodriguez, formerly of West Virginia.

A stellar offensive coach, he brings the spread option offense that both the Wolverines (App State, Oregon) and Ohio State (Florida, Illinois) have struggled with.

He is one of the only two coaches of Hispanic origin in Division 1-A/CFBS.

Here's the list:

Southern Methodist
UCLA
West Virginia
Mich1gAAn- Hire: Rich Rodriguez, (Hispanic heritage)
Nebraska- Hire: Bo Pelini (no)
Mississippi- Hire: Houston Nutt (no)
Texas A&M- Hire: Mike Sherman (no)
Colorado State- Hire: Steve Fairchild (no)
Duke- Hire: David Cutcliffe (no)
Georgia Tech- Hire: Paul Johnson (no)
Baylor- Hire: Art Briles (no)
Southern Mississippi- Hire: Larry Fedora(no)
Arkansas- Hire: Bobby Petrino (no)
Washington State- Hire: Paul Wulff (no)
Northern Illinois- Hire: Jerry Kill (no)
Houston: Hire: Kevin Sumlin (yes!)
Navy- Hire: Ken Niumatalolo, (Samoan heritage)

Look for a post later this week on "Character and Coaching"...