When Rich Rodriguez took over the helm of the West Virginia Mountaineers for the second time in his career ahead of the 2025 season, he had to piece together a staff – and he put together quite a large one.
One of the smaller additions made to the staff at the time was Andrew Warwick, who left his role as a defensive coordinator at Wofford toreunite with former coaching colleague Zac Alleyas WVU football's assistant linebackers coach. Now, after a season on staff, he's moved up to the linebackers coach role, and recently met with the press for the first time since the promotion.
Andrew Warwick on choosing West Virginia: 'It's a no-brainer.'
During that media availability earlier this week, Warwick was asked about leaving a defensive coordinator role at a smaller college to a lesser title with the Mountaineers. And he made it clear that despite being quite happy at Wofford, itwas an easy decision to make.
“Look around. I mean, come on," Warwick said when asked why he was willing to take the job. "I was at Wofford before; I really enjoyed it. It’s a great institution, a lot of great people. This is nothing negative about that, but when you look around here, like, this is what I tell the guys: this is the type of place you want to play at."
"This is the type of place you want to coach at. I came running. This is big-time football with a storied program — the winningest team to never have won it ... It’s a place you want to coach at. It’s a place you want to play at. This place is, it’s a no-brainer.”
Any West Virginia fan will hear Warwick's answer to that question and feel it resonate. He's far from the only person who feels that the program is special, and worthy of being a premier destination in college football. And it's clear that anyone who feels that way about West Virginia certainly belongs with the program.
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