Tag: 2024 Mountain West Preview
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State of the Program: Utah State Aggies
Head Coach: Nate Dreiling is in his interim year as the head coach of the Aggies. He took over roughly a month ago when Blake Anderson was fired in a controversial situation that is still unfolding. Dreiling is tasked with one of the toughest jobs this season holding this program together amid everything. He’s a…
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State of the Program: Air Force Falcons
Head Coach: Troy Calhoun is entering his 18th season as the head coach of the Falcons with a 130-82 record. He’s one of the longest tenured head coaches in the sport and it’s truly impressive what he’s done here. They’ve had 5 10+ win seasons and 11 of his 18 seasons have featured 8+ wins.…
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State of the Program: Colorado State Rams
Head Coach: Jay Norvell is entering his 3rd season with the Rams with a 8-16 record. The Rams program wasn’t in good shape but got a massive coup when they grabbed Norvell from Nevada in a rare in-conference coach poaching. He’s become most known for his rivalry from Deion Sanders that stemmed from the crazy…
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State of the Program: Boise State Broncos
Head Coach: Spencer Danielson is entering his first full season as the head coach of the Boise State Broncos he currently has a 3-1 record and already has a Mountain West title to his name. You can read more on Danielson and his hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/16/college-football-coach-hire-grades-boise-state/ Program Outlook: Boise State is a program that…
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State of the Program: New Mexico Lobos
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall is entering his first season as the head coach of the Lobos. He’s a coach that’s had success before and looks to bring it here. You can read more about him and his grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/21/college-football-coach-hire-grades-new-mexico/ Program Outlook: New Mexico is probably one of the toughest jobs around. There aren’t many…
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State of the Program: Wyoming Cowboys
Head Coach: Jay Sawvel is entering his first season as the head coach of the Cowboys replacing Poke legend Craig Bohl. You can read more about his profile and hire grade here https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/23/college-football-coach-hire-grades-wyoming/ Program Outlook: Wyoming is a very unique program because they’re the only football program in the entire state at any level. It’s…
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State of the Program: Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Head Coach: Timmy Chang is entering his 3rd year as the head coach of the Rainbow Warriors with an 8-18 record. This is a job with unique qualifications and not everyone is suited for it. It’s been a slow rebuild for Chang after he followed the mess that Todd Graham left. Chang is of course…
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State of the Program: San Jose State Spartans
Head Coach: Ken Niumatalolo enters his first head as the head coach of the Spartans. He comes in after having a lot of success at Navy in his prior stop. You can read more about him here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/23/college-football-coach-hire-grades-san-jose-state/ Program Outlook: San Jose State sits in a good place right now. The Spartans program has a…
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State of the Program: Nevada Wolfpack
Head Coach: Jeff Choate is in his first year coaching the program, he comes over after being an assistant at Texas, but had immense success as the head coach at Montana State. You can read more on his profile and our coach hire grade for him here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/29/college-football-coach-hire-grades-nevada/ Program Outlook: Nevada brings Choate in at…
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