MORGANTOWN -- Former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez has said his family has been harassed and threatened since leaving WVU for the University of Michigan.

The claims started days just after his departure. We checked with local authorities at the time and were told there were no complaints or open investigations.

Since then, Rodriguez has mentioned the threats in several interviews and legal filings.

When contacted Wednesday, the West Virginia State Police say they are not investigating any threats. Officials released the statement, "We have no reports of credible threats to Rich Rodriguez or a member of his family."

On Thursday, the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department released a statement saying that neither the department or the Monongalia County 911 Center had received any calls from Rodriguez or his family. The statement did say that the department did receive a fax from an unrelated party alleging threats. The sheriff's department says that the fax indicated that it was also being sent to the State Police and the FBI. As previously stated, the State Police says nothing has been filed.

After hearing news accounts that the alleged threats were not being investigated, a number of members of the Rodriguez family called with concerns that threats were also made in Marion County.

When contacted, both the Marion County Sheriff's Department and the Fairmont City Police Department said that they did not have any official complaints on file regarding threats against Rodriguez family members.

The principal at East Fairmont High School did confirm that the day after Rodriguez announced his resignation, a threatening note was found in the locker of a student related to Rodriguez. The principal referred to it as "one isolated incident" and said that there have not been any further problems. He says he did make the State Police and the Sheriff's Department aware of the situation at the time. A Rodriguez family member confirmed that information.

The FBI agent-in-charge at the agency's Clarksburg office says it is standard procedure not to comment on whether the FBI is involved in an investigation or not.