New Utah State head coach Gary Andersen has his offensive coordinator lined up. Utah State announced on Monday the hiring of Mike Sanford to fill the role of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on the Aggies staff.
Sanford was recently dismissed by Western Kentucky as its head coach following two seasons on the job. It was Sanford’s first, and as of now only, head coaching job in his college coaching career. Sanford has previous experience with UNLV, Stanford, Yale, Boise State and Notre Dame with notable player development of offensive players like former Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer and former Boise State running back Jay Ajayi that Andersen hopes will benefit the Utah State roster moving forward.
The addition of Sanford had been expected for a while, as we mentioned earlier in December. Sanford will replace David Yost as Yost moves to Texas Tech with former head coach Matt Wells, who was hired for the same position by the Red Raiders.