Las Vegas • The assumed leading candidate to replace Bronco Mendenhall as BYU's head football coach is no longer a candidate.
Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said Wednesday night that Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo, who visited BYU on Monday, has elected to remain at the Naval Academy.
It is not clear whether BYU offered the job to Niumatalolo, one of only three major college football head coaches who is an active member of the faith that owns and operates BYU, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Mendenhall and Utah coach Kyle Whittingham are the other two.