Legendary West Virginia quarterback Pat White is returning to WVU as the assistant quarterbacks coach/assistant to the head coach under Rich Rodriguez, the program announced Wednesday. White played for Rodriguez from 2005-07 during a legendary three-year run for the Mountaineers and was most recently an offensive assistant for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2022 and 2023.

West Virginia quarterback Pat White celebrates as he leaves the field at Milan Puskar Stadium. White holds the team mark for Backyard Brawl rushing yards with 220, which he accomplished twice, in 2005 and 2006. West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez’s staff continues to grow just months after returning to the program.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One of the more accomplished players in the history of West Virginia football is joining the Mountaineer coaching staff. Pat White will return to his alma mater with the title of assistant quarterbacks coach/assistant to the head coach, recently-hired head coach Rich Rodriguez announced Wednesday.

The West Virginia Mountaineers just signed Rich Rodriguez as their head coach this offseason. And now, they’ll have one of his all-time greatest pupils alongside him. Mountaineer great and Hall of Famer Pat White has officially been named their assistant quarterbacks coach and the assistant head coach,

In a return of sizable proportions, West Virginia Mountaineers legend Pat White is coming back to Morgantown to help coach the offense as part of head coach Rich Rodriguez’s new staff. Pat White’s Magical Run in Morgantown White is one of the legends of an older era of college football.