the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in the summer of 2006 and played with the Stampeders through 2007. Coaching career Rodriguez returned to his alma mater, UTEP, as the defensive program coordinator for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He was elevated to the position of linebackers coach in 2010. In his first season as linebackers coach in 2010, Rodriguez coached four of the Miners' top seven tacklers. Those four combined to lead the team in tackles seven times in 13 games. Rodriguez joined the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League in 2015 serving as the Assistant Defensive Line Coach under the tutelage of Defensive Line Coach Andre Patterson until the end of the 2019 football season. For five consecutive seasons, the Viking defense ranked in the top half of the NFL in total defense and in scoring defense during Rodriguez's tenure naming several defensive linemen All-Pro selections and earning Pro Bowl trips each year. In 2020, Rodriguez was hired by Arizona State University to coach the football team’s defensive line under head coach Herm Edwards. Personal life Rodriguez is married to the former Holly Taylor, who played soccer for UTEP from 2000–2004 and now practices law. The couple resides in Tempe, Arizona. He has remained a popular figure in the El Paso area and was voted El Paso's Favorite Athlete in the El Paso Times "Best of the Border" Reader Poll in 2007. Rodriguez has been inducted into the inaugural Montwood High School Ring of Honor in 2006 and into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018. References 1981 births Living people American football linebackers American players of Canadian football Calgary Stampeders players Canadian football linebackers Cologne Centurions (NFL Europe) players Players of American football from El Paso, Texas Sportspeople from El Paso, Texas UTEP Miners football coaches UTEP Miners football players Minnesota Vikings coaches