Frisco, Texas • Morgan Scalley has experienced a lot of change over the last few months.

New job. New office. New coaching staff. New responsibilities.

Dressed in a silvery gray suit and crimson tie, the new University of Utah head football coach experienced another first as he sat at the podium during Big 12 Media Days this week.

“It’s surreal to be here,“ he said.

With seven months of the job under his belt, though, things are starting to feel more normal. And the more things change, the more Scalley would like most things to stay the same.

“Utah football has had a brand that’s very recognizable,” he said. “It’s a physical brand, and it’s very family oriented. I don’t know that I want to necessarily change that recipe for success.”

Scalley came up through the ranks at the U.

“My dad played at University of Utah. My entire family went there,” he said. “... I’ve had opportunities to do everything within the program except coach offense. I worked in the weight room. I worked as the NFL liaison, the academic coordinator.

“You name it, I’ve done it.”

He added: “Did I dream of becoming head coach? Not until later in my life. But it is a responsibility I don’t take lightly.”

As he takes charge, Scalley said he is not straying from the formula his Utes have had in the years before.

“If you ask anyone in our building — “What’s your culture?” — they will tell you RSNB: relentless, smart, nasty ball hawks,” he said. “That’s just a way of playing and a way of living that I hope defines what we do on the football field.”

RSNB is an acronym those who have followed Scalley’s career know well. But he explained it further to the group of onlooking media members.

“Well, that is our culture,” the Ute head coach said. “Culture is what you believe. It’s how you behave based on that belief. And it’s the experience that’s delivered by that behavior. It’s what we practice every day. It’s not just words on walls. It’s not just some great creative acronym. It’s a way of life. You have to practice it every day.”

Clearly, that way of life is something Utah’s head coach has been practicing since the days he was a relentless, ball-hawking defender alongside Eric Weddle.

Or when he was a graduate assistant on the Utes’ staff with now BYU head coach Kalani Sitake. Or maybe when he was hired as the defensive coordinator years ago.

Scalley has definitely experienced the newness of everything that comes with being the head coach at a Power Four program.

But his way is still the Utes’ way with some small Scalley-esque tweaks.

“It’s maybe just the way the meal is prepared a little bit different, the way we lift and condition,” he said.

Then he added: “Everyone has to be held to the same standard, and our guys have bought into the culture. I’m very excited for it to show up on the football field.”