Changes are coming to the West Virginia coaching staff and roster with a new head coach coming in, and the first domino on the coaching side of things fell today. WVU defensive pass game coordinator/spears coach Tre Bell will be leaving for a position at UMass.

Rich Rodriguez is heading back to West Virginia. According to ESPN The Mountaineers announced Thursday that they had re-hired Rodriguez 17 years after he left for Michigan. The Jacksonville State coach will succeed Neal Brown after Brown was fired at the end of the season.

West Virginia fired coach Neal Brown on Sunday as the Mountaineers continue to flounder in the Big 12, finishing the season 6-6. Athletic director Wren Baker announced the firing