FILE - Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall watches from the sideline during an NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Utah State is expected to hire Mendenhall, the former BYU coach who spent this past season at New Mexico, as its new head coach, multiple people briefed on the situation told The Athletic. A Utah native, Mendenhall went 99-43 in 11 seasons as BYU’s head coach from 2005 to ’15. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)