generic USA TODAY Sports proposes a ‘dream hire’ for Colorado’s head coach vacancy
The search for Colorado’s next head coach has begun.
Athletic director Rick George, who fired Karl Dorrell on Sunday following the Buffs’ 0-5 start, has said he wants an energetic presence with head coaching experience. Several candidates should fit that mold and college football experts such as Chris Vannini of The Athletic and Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports have already offered their list of top candidates.
A common name thus far has been former BYU and Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall, who was listed by Both Vannini and Dodd. Plus, on Tuesday, USA TODAY Sports writer Paul Myerberg went as far as to say that Mendenhall would be Colorado’s “dream hire.”
Here’s what Myerberg wrote on perhaps the Buffs’ top candidate thus far:
Dream hire: Bronco Mendenhall. The former Brigham Young and Virginia coach has gone at least .500 or reached a bowl game in all but one of his 17 seasons. He’s deeply familiar with the region. He turned around two programs: BYU had three losing seasons in a row before promoting Mendenhall in 2005 and averaged nine wins during his tenure, while Virginia went 35-62 in the eight years prior to his arrival. Mendenhall wants back into coaching and could have a handful of solid options — would he be drawn to this sort of rebuilding project?
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