J.D. Williams and Jamie Christian could’ve stayed at UNLV, a program making slow but incremental progress under third-year coach Tony Sanchez.
Scott Thompson could’ve remained at USC, where he was the Trojans’ longest-tenured staff member and finally getting a crack at on-field coaching.
Yet when their alma mater was on the line, in the form of Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford, all three answered the call without much hesitation.
“It was a no-brainer,” Williams told me recently in his new office on the second floor of the Duncan Building. “This place is home. You’ve got to come back.