Mike Sanford, one of college football’s brightest offensive minds, has been named Utah State's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, it was announced Monday by Aggie head football coach Gary Andersen.
Sanford brings 14 years of college coaching experience with him to Utah State, including two years as a head coach and three more seasons as an offensive coordinator. In all, Sanford has coached in five New Year’s bowl games and has been a part of three conference championship teams.
Most recently, Sanford spent two seasons (2017-18) as the head coach at Western Kentucky, leading the Hilltoppers to a 9-16 overall mark and 6-10 conference record, highlighted by a berth in the 2017 AutoNation Cure Bowl in his first season, one of just five rookie head coaches to take his team to a bowl game in his first season.