Why Former BYU Football Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall Prioritized Faith Over Football
Bronco Mendenhall picked his college for one reason. BYU was on the schedule, and he wanted to beat them. He got his win in Provo and lay spread-eagle on the Y. Years later, sitting at a stoplight while the radio named the coaches BYU wanted instead, a still, small prompting told him he would lead the program himself. Days later, the self-described last resort was named head coach of the only football program owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he spent 11 seasons measuring the job by something other than the scoreboard.
In this episode of Why We Believe, Bronco…
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