Bronco Mendenhall
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| Bronco Mendenhall | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | BYU | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 28-10 | |
| Born | February 21, 1966 | |
| Place of birth |  Alpine, Utah |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 28-10 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Championships | ||
| Mountain West Conference (2006, 2007) | ||
| Awards | ||
| Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year (2006) | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1984-85 1986-87 |
Snow College Oregon State |
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| Position | Defensive back | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1990 1991-1993 1993-1994 1995-1996 1997 1998-2002 2003-2004 2005-Present |
Oregon State (assistant) Snow College (assistant) Northern Arizona(assistant) Oregon State (assistant) Louisiana Tech (assistant) New Mexico (assistant) BYU (assistant) BYU (head coach) |
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Bronco Mendenhall is currently the head football coach at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Oregon State University.
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[edit] Early Coaching Career
In 1990, he served as a graduate assistant coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. From 1991 to 1993, he served as the defensive coordinator for Snow College, a junior college in Ephraim, Utah. From 1993 to 1994, he served as the defensive coordinator for Northern Arizona University. From 1995 to 1996, he served as the defensive coordinator for Oregon State. In 1997, he served as the Secondary Coach at Louisiana Tech. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the defensive coordinator for the University of New Mexico, where he and head coach Rocky Long developed a blitz-happy 3-3-5 defensive scheme that produced NFL first round draft pick Brian Urlacher, who played in New Mexico's "Loboback" position, a cross between a linebacker and safety. Of Urlacher, Mendenhall said, "He had the most passion and non-stop motor of any player I've watched or coached. For him to come from a small place with only one real scholarship offer, to what he is now, is really a testament of hard work and dedication, and he deserves everything."
[edit] Move to BYU
In 2003 Mendenhall accepted the job to serve as defensive coordinator at Brigham Young University under then-head coach Gary Crowton. After three straight losing seasons, Crowton resigned. After a windmill of events, including the job being offered to former Cougar linebacker and current Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham, Mendenhall placed a call to UNLV head coach Mike Sanford, who was then on the look for a defensive coordinator. Mendenhall and his wife, Holly, had sat their sons down to tell them about the move, when Whittingham accepted the head coaching job at Utah. BYU players had been upset Mendenhall hadn't been offered the job, and in response, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe interviewed Mendenhall first. Two weeks later, Mendenhall became BYU's head coach. In 2005, his first year at the helm, the Cougars finished the regular season with a 6-5 record. They appeared in the Las Vegas Bowl, their first bowl game since 2001, falling to Cal 35-28.
[edit] 2006 Season
Mendenhall altered the 3-3-5 defense he brought from New Mexico, changing to a more conservative 3-4-4 in order to take advantage of BYU's traditional strength at linebacker (and to minimize the traditional lack of depth at defensive back). This change resulted in the top-ranked scoring defense in the Mountain West Conference and one of the top scoring defenses in the nation. Mendenhall also coached the Cougars to their first victory in five years over arch rival, the University of Utah. The team finished the regular season with a record of 10-2 and were ranked in the top 25 of the AP and Coaches polls as well as the BCS standings. The Cougars faced Oregon in the 2006 Las Vegas Bowl on December 21, pitting Mendenhall against Crowton, who then was the offensive coordinator at Oregon. BYU won easily, 38-8. Mendenhall was named one of the nine finalists for the 2006 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. Greg Schiano of Rutgers won the award for 2006. In 2007, BYU extended his contract through the 2011 season.
[edit] 2007 Season
After avenging a loss in 2006 to Arizona, BYU stumbled out of the gate losing two close games to UCLA and Tulsa, both on the road. During the Tulsa game, offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn kept BYU defensive backs on their heels all night, as they had five passes of 45 or more yards. Mendenhall vowed to never have his defense in that position again, and not only did the defense never find itself in that position again, BYU ran the MWC table going 8-0 to win their second straight outright MWC Championship. Following the season finale win over SDSU, BYU accepted an invite to the Las Vegas Bowl against UCLA. BYU won the game on the final play when BYU's Eathyn Manumaleuna blocked a 28-yard field goal attempt. BYU's final rankings were 14 in both the AP and USA Today polls with an 11-2 record.
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| BYU Cougars (Mountain West Conference) (2005 — present) | |||||||||
| 2005 | BYU | 6-6 | 5-3 | T-2nd | L Las Vegas | ||||
| 2006 | BYU | 11-2 | 8-0 | 1st | W Las Vegas | 16 | 15 | ||
| 2007 | BYU | 11-2 | 8-0 | 1st | W Las Vegas | 14 | 14 | ||
| BYU: | 28-10 | 21-3 | |||||||
| Total: | 28-10 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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| Preceded by Gary Crowton |
Brigham Young University Head Coach 2005– |
Succeeded by current |
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