Virginia Cavaliers coach Bronco Mendenhall watches a play throughout a recreation with Notre Dame in Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2021. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
Former BYU Cougars and Virginia Cavaliers head soccer coach Bronco Mendenhall can be in Utah this spring to ship the graduation tackle at one in every of his alma maters.
Earlier this week, Snow School introduced that Mendenhall would be the fundamental speaker at its graduation workout routines on Could 5.
As a part of the announcement, the varsity stated Mendenhall will obtain an honorary diploma.
Snow School is proud to welcome alumnus @CoachBroncoM again to campus on Could fifth. Mendenhall can be addressing the Class of 2023 because the graduation speaker.https://t.co/AUo2mzUgNWpic.twitter.com/IcwtIPDtNk
— Snow School (@SnowCollege) April 27, 2023
Mendenhall, 57, performed at Snow from 1984-1985 earlier than transferring to play at Oregon State. He was then the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Snow from 1991-1992, his first job as a collegiate coach (he was a graduate assistant at OSU from 1989-1990).
After quite a few stops, Mendenhall turned the defensive coordinator at BYU in 2003 and was named head coach in 2005.
Mendenhall was in that position for a decade earlier than he took the top teaching job at Virginia in 2015.
Following the 2021 season, Mendenhall abruptly resigned, and he and his spouse, Holly, moved to a ranch in Montana.
He has expressed on quite a few events since resigning that he desires to get again into teaching, however though it was reported that he was a candidate for a couple of job openings final winter, he was not employed wherever.