Oscar Rodriguez (American football)

Oscar Rodriguez Jr. is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Southwestern College, a community college in Chula Vista, California. Rodriguez served as the interim head football coach at the University of Akron for the final three games of the 2021 season. He replaced Tom Arth, who was fired on November 4.

Oscar Rodriguez

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Southwestern (CA)
Conference	NSL
Record	0–4
Playing career
2001	Emporia State
2002	Coffeyville
2003–2004	Fort Hays State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005	Randall HS (TX) (DB)
2006–2007	Washburn (DB)
2008–2009	Baker (co-DC/DB)
2010	Hutchinson (AHC/co-DC)
2011–2012	Emporia State (AHC/DC)
2013–2014	Garden City (AHC/DC/ST)
2015–2017	La Verne (AHC/DC)
2018	Chattanooga (AHC/ILB)
2019	Akron (S)
2020	Akron (ILB)
2021	Akron (AHC/ILB)
2021	Akron (interim HC)
2022–2023	Kansas (def. analyst)
2024–present	Southwestern (CA)
Head coaching record
Overall	0–3 (college) 0–4 (junior college)

Playing career

Rodriguez attended Liberal High School in Liberal, Kansas. He began his college career in 2001 at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. He transferred to Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas, for the 2002 season, before finishing out his career at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Akron Zips (Mid-American Conference) (2021)
2021	Akron	0–3	0–3	6th (East)
Akron:		0–3	0–3
Total:		0–3

Junior college

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Southwestern Jaguars (National Southern League) (2024–present)
2024	Southwestern	0–4	0–2
Southwestern:		0–4	0–2
Total:		0–4

External links

• Southwestern (CA) profile
• Kansas profile