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Peak Perspective: Grading the Mountain West Head Coaching Hires so Far
There are going to be two new head men in the Mountain West this year
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At the beginning of the 2019 season, there were quite a few Mountain West teams hiring new head coaches in Colorado State, Hawaii, Fresno State, UNLV, New Mexico, and San Diego State. This year there looks like two teams that will be playing next season with a new head coach, and both are unexpected.
Utah State and Boise State will both be entering the 2021 season with new head men running the program. For Utah State, Gary Andersen is out after two years during his second run at the school and for Boise State, Bryan Harsin leaves after spending seven years at his alma mater. The vacant head coaching spot at Boise State was especially surprising because it had been so many years since Boise State had to hire a new head coach. Utah State ended up hiring Blake Anderson away from Arkansas State
Blake Anderson Putting New Staff Together
The Aggies staff for the 2021 season is slowly coming together
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Blake Anderson arrived at Utah State on December 12th and is now starting to form his staff. Kyle Cefalo and Nick Paremski are going to be joining Utah State’s coaching staff in the upcoming season.
Cefalo comes from Arkansas State where he spent four years as the wide receivers coach and served as Arkansas State’s co-special teams coordinator for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Cefalo coached the Sun Belt offensive player of the year, Jonathan Adams Jr., and coached Brandon Bowling, who received an all-Sun Belt honorable mention. The Red Wolves completed the 2019 season ranked 10th in passing offense (312.1 yards per game), 14th in passing efficiency (157.55), 26th in scoring offense (33.7 points per game), 33rd in total offense (439.3 yard per game) and 33rd in red zone offense (88.9%). In 2020 the Red Wolves ranked second in