The Chronicle News Blog: Former Football Coach Agrees to Pay $4-Million to West Virginia U.
Hours after hiring an interim president, West Virginia University moved closer on Tuesday to ending the saga over its former head football coach, Rich Rodriguez, who quit in December to become the head coach at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Lawyers brokered a tentative settlement last night in which Mr. Rodriguez will pay the university $4-million, the full amount specified in a buyout clause of his contract, according to a written statement issued by Michigan.