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WVU taps Ira Rodgers to return as coach in 1943
Ira Rodgers, a WVU legend, was named head coach for 1943 to 1945 after World War II service. The piece surveys coaches who left major programs and later returned, noting Rodgers’ age and experience and profiling figures like Mack Brown, Johnny Majors, John Robinson, Bill Walsh, Bill Snyder, Bobby Petrino, and Greg Schiano in second stints.
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Ira Rodgers
WVU
Bill Kern
U.S. Navy
Kern
Mountaineers
Rodriguez
Mack Brown
North Carolina
Brown
North Caroline
Texas
Johnny Majors
Pitt
Majors
Iowa State
Tony Dorsett
Matt Cavanaugh
Georgia
Tennessee
John Robinson
USC
Robinson
John McKay
Charles White
NFL
Trojans
Los Angeles Rams
Eric Dickerson
Rams
Sean McVay
Bill Walsh
Stanford
Walsh
San Francisco 49Ers
Joe Montana
Steve Young
Jerry Rice
Bill Snyder
Kansas State
Wildcats
Snyder
Wild Cats
Bobby Petrino
Louisville
Petrino
Pat White
Steve Slaton
Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Michael Vick
Arkansas
Lamar Jackson
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
Terry Shea
Schiano
Rich Rodriguez
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Urban Meyer
Ohio State