Tag: Mountain West Previews
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State of the Program: Wyoming Cowboys
Head Coach: Jay Sawvel is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Cowboys with a 3-9 record. His first year proved to be an unexpected bumpy ride with Wyoming, and he was even very critical of his own coaching. Now he will try to take the hard lessons learned and turn it…
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State of the Program: Utah State Aggies
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall is entering his first year with the Aggies. He was a quick riser in the coaching ranks early on with multiple stops. He has a great run with Rocky Long at New Mexico, where he helped Long set the stage for the most successful stretch in New Mexico program history with…
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State of the Program: UNLV Rebels
Head Coach: Dan Mullen is entering his first season as the head coach of the Rebels. He’s a huge name and has generally been successful as a head coach, most notably bringing Mississippi State some of their best seasons ever, highlighted by being the first ever #1 team in the College Football Playoff rankings. Mullen…
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State of the Program: San Jose State Spartans
Head Coach: Ken Niumatalolo is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Spartans with a 7-6 record. It’s not a record that pops but it was better than expected. Niumatalolo came in with a background of a lot of winning at Navy but at San Jose State he’s embracing a new method…
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State of the Program: San Diego State Aztecs
Head Coach: Sean Lewis is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Aztecs with a 3-9 record. It was a major adjustment year but he comes in with great credentials, he won at Kent State, one of the toughest jobs in the country. His accolades include a bowl win, a division and…
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State of the Program: New Mexico Lobos
Head Coach: Jason Eck is entering his first season as the head coach of the Lobos. He comes over after his previous stop as the head coach of Idaho, he took over a fractured program that had been struggling since the move down to FCS and not only did he bring wins on the field…
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State of the Program: Nevada Wolf Pack
Head Coach: Jeff Choate is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Wolf Pack with a 3-10 record. While the record didn’t reflect it enough, Nevada was definitely improved in his first year and was competitive in a lot of games including against playoff participants SMU and Boise State. Choate has a…
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State of the Program: Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Head Coach: Timmy Chang is entering his 4th season with the Rainbow Warriors with a 13-25 record. He’s a former legendary QB with Hawaii in the early 2000s, and has a few records that stand to this day. He returned home after Todd Graham essentially burned the program to the ground so he’s been given…
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State of the Program: Fresno State Bulldogs
Head Coach: Matt Entz is entering his first season as the head coach of the Bulldogs. He comes in with a pedigree of 2 FCS National Championships in 5 years at North Dakota State. He spent last season as a LBs coach at USC, it was a strange move but one that sets him up…
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State of the Program: Colorado State Rams
Head Coach: Jay Norvell is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Rams with a 16-21 record. It’s been a steady progression for Norvell going from 3, to 5 to 8 wins last year. This all occurred after he made a rare in-conference change going from Nevada to CSU. Now he looks…
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