MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — When offensive line coach Rick Mallory was hired at Middle Tennessee in March of 2013, he thought he was moving to a place where he had no family residing.
How wrong he was.
Mallory is originally from Washington and spent most of his life in the West, attending the University of Washington prior to playing a few years in the NFL. He was hired at MT after stints at his alma mater, then Memphis, Wyoming and UAB.
Right after his move to Middle Tennessee, he got a call from his mother, who lives in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.