Virginia is off to a great start to the beginning of Year 3 with Bronco Mendenhall as the head coach. After an extremely successful career as head coach at BYU (98-43), Mendenhall inherited a UVA program that had suffered 4 consecutive losing seasons, and 8 of the previous 10. 2016 was dismal in Charlottesville, with the Cavaliers going 2-10, but Mendenhall led them back to their first bowl appearance in 6 years last year.
The pace was slower in years one and two, but Mendenhall has the personnel now to run his fast paced no-huddle offense. The key component is Redshirt Junior Quarterback Bryce Perkins (6’3″/210), who has been a revelation in his 1st four Division-1 college football games.