Reports: Utah State set to hire Bronco Mendenhall as head coach

Bronco Mendenhall is set to leave one Mountain West school for another, as the New Mexico head coach will take over the same role at Utah State, multiple media outlets reported late Thursday night.Mendenhall, in his first season as head coach of the Lobos, guided New Mexico to a five-way tie for fifth place in the Mountain West conference, a group that included Utah State.Mendenhall, 58, posted a 5-7 record this year with the Lobos, 3-4 in Mountain West play. The five wins represented the highest total for New Mexico since a 9-4 campaign in 2016.When he took the New Mexico job last December, Mendenhall reportedly accepted a five-year deal.He previously served as the head coach at BYU from 2005-15, producing a 99-43 record, and at Virginia from 2016-21, going 36-38.

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