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.

Mountain West schedule — featuring a home game against coach Bronco Mendenhall and Utah State — was announced Tuesday via release. UNM will play the Aggies at University Stadium — the third straight season the two schools have met — in addition to hosting Colorado State,

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.