Tag: Mountain West
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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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State of the Program: San Diego State Aztecs
Head Coach: Sean Lewis is entering his first year with the program. This is a program that established itself as a top Mountain West contender the last couple decades and Lewis will be looking to get them back there. You can read more about him and the grade for the hire here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/16/college-football-coach-hire-grades-san-diego-state/ Program Outlook:…
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State of the Program: Fresno State Bulldogs
Head Coach: Jeff Tedford is entering year 3 of his second stint, and 6th year total with the program. During this stint he’s 19-8 and has a 45-22 overall record. He stepped away due to health concerns and now Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer stepped in and kept this program in great shape during that…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: San Jose State
San Jose State Spartans: Ken Niumatalolo Why the job was open: San Jose State is an interesting job. They are in a great location, but historically the program struggled. In the last couple decades coaches occasionally managed a good season here or there but struggled to sustain it. Brent Brennan helped change that a bit,…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: New Mexico
New Mexico Lobos: Bronco Mendenhall Why the job was open: Success for New Mexico football has been fleeting. It’s difficult to break through to even have one good season here, but even once that’s accomplished, it’s even more difficult to sustain it. New Mexico alum Danny Gonzales was a rising star in the coaching ranks…
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