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FOOTBALL
Rodriguez turns to a veteran coach to lead his running backs | Blue Gold News
Porter, who spent the last four years as North Carolina’s running backs coach, following four years at Auburn, hasn’t coached with WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez previously, but he knows plenty about his reputation and is confident their beliefs and philosophies align.