He is one of those people that you really look up to and admire.” I have nothing but the utmost respect for the man.
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When people see him on TV and in interviews, that is not really reflective of who he is. “He might get a bad rap (in the media) because of the way he comes off. He is just an intense individual in everything that he does. Those and so many other things describe Bronco, but the word I use the most is probably intensity. What he meant to me: “Accountability, discipline, excellence. Those and so many other things describe Bronco, but the word I use the most is probably intensity.” Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Kehl on Mendenhall: “Accountability, discipline, excellence. He came in and brought the program out of what were some turbulent times and reestablished that level of excellence that everybody had become accustomed to during the LaVell (Edwards) years.” Bryan Kehl, linebacker (2002, 2005-07) Bryan Kehl works out at BYU March 29, 2007. There is obviously that gratitude for the contributions he made to BYU football, which are not insignificant. I think somewhat neutral, with the same respect we should give any visiting coach. I don’t think he should be booed, either. There was one thing I did figure out: He absolutely loves ball and it was fun to be coached by him.”įan reception: “He won’t want something warm and flowery. I was unsuccessful in being able to do that, discover what motivates him, what makes him tick. But my biggest takeaway is probably over the whole four years of being coached by him, trying to figure that dude out. Off the field, “I just remember him walking around the football offices barefoot, in the summer. When BYU moved the goal posts, it was only a matter of time Bronco would move on too 10 iconic Bronco Mendenhall moments from his time at BYU What if the Return of Bronco produces a shootout? Is BYU equipped to run with the Hoos? He kinda whipped around and looked at me, and then he saw it was me and done in celebration and he gave me a little smirk, as if to say, ‘No one ever does that to Bronco.’” “Bronco isn’t a congratulatory butt-slap guy. Memorable moment: Nelson’s favorite on-field memory was coming off the field after he led BYU to a 27-24 come-from-behind win over his former school, Utah State, and slapping Mendenhall on the rear end as if the coach was just another teammate. “From my standpoint, all you can ask from a coach is to give it his all, to prepare the game plan, and to prepare the team to be ready to compete on Saturdays, and Bronco did as good of a job on that as I have seen of any coach I have ever been around,” Nelson said. He pushed us all to meet those standards, but also helped us become more than we probably would have become on our own. What he meant to me: “Bronco was unequivocally and unmistakably invested in me and the team. Nelson on Mendenhall: “Bronco was unequivocally and unmistakably invested in me and the team.” Patrick Semansky, Associated Press Riley Nelson, quarterback (2009-12) BYU quarterback Riley Nelson celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Tulane during game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Saturday, Sept. Some of the responses have been edited for brevity. Here’s what Nelson, Kehl, offensive lineman Nick Alletto, defensive backs Andrew Rich and Michael Shelton and receivers Nate Meikle, Colby Pearson, Devon Blackmon and Mitchell Juergens had to say. MDT, ESPN2) for the first time since he left the school in 2015 after serving as the Cougars’ head coach for 11 seasons, the Deseret News asked nine of his former players - including Nelson and Kehl - for their insights on what he was really like, what he meant to them, their favorite or most memorable interaction with him, and how they would like to see him treated by the LaVell Edwards Stadium crowd on his homecoming. With Mendenhall and his Cavaliers making their long-awaited visit back to BYU on Saturday (8:15 p.m. He is unique, peculiar, just so many adjectives you could use about him. “I can’t help you with that.”Įx-Cougars linebacker Bryan Kehl seconded that notion, calling the now sixth-year Virginia coach “definitely very much an enigma to this day.”Īdded Kehl: “He is his own person. “I never succeeded at that,” he said, laughing. Former BYU quarterback Riley Nelson spent four years in Provo playing for coach Bronco Mendenhall and trying to figure out what makes the man tick.
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