Utah State introduced its new football coach at a press conference Monday morning in Logan. Proximity to family was a big reason Mendenhall said chose to leave New Mexico and take the Utah State job.

Logan • The first time Bronco Mendenhall joined one of BYU’s rivals, it was purely out of spite. The young Mendenhall was coming out of Snow College, fresh off a JUCO national championship, and wanted to play at BYU.

Mendenhall, a Utah native who coached at BYU for more than a decade, may be a man who needs no introduction in the Beehive State.

Utah State has hired New Mexico coach Bronco Mendenhall, the university announced Friday. The 58-year-old coaching veteran is coming off a 5-7 record in his first year with the Lo