After a year away from the game, it appears Clancy Pendergast could be back in it if he so desires. Reportedly.
Accord to Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News*, Pendergast has emerged as the front-runner for the defensive coordinator job at Utah. The Utes have been without a coordinator on that side of the ball for well over a month after Kalani Sitake left for the same post at Oregon State.
Pendergast was last on the sidelines as the coordinator at USC in 2013, his lone season with the Trojans. He wasn’t retained as part of Steve Sarkisian‘s new coaching staff. For the three years before that, he served in the same position at Cal.
Prior to that, Pendergast had spent 15 seasons as an assistant at the NFL level. During his stint as coordinator with Arizona (2004-08), the Cardinals earned the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl berth following the 2008 season.
As LSU searched for its new coordinator, Pendergast was interviewed as a potential replacement for John Chavis before hiring Kevin Steele away from Alabama.
(*Yes, I’m well aware of all y’all’s feelings toward Mr. Wolf. Please, save yourself the breath and keystrokes. Thanks in advance.)