In January 2012, Jeff Choate had just completed his sixth season as an assistant on Chris Petersen’s Boise State staff, and was looking for a change of scenery.
“I felt like it was a point in my career where I needed to do something different,” said Choate, now the head coach of the Montana State Bobcats, who will open the season against Washington State this Saturday.
So when Eric Russell – then Washington State’s newly hired assistant head coach and special teams coordinator – offered to introduce Choate to Mike Leach as an assistant coach candidate, Choate figured, sure, why not?