BYU Offensive Coordinator Robert Anae Resigns

by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 30, 2010 1:15 PM PST in Mountain West Football

Everyone who knew anything about BYU football knew that offensive coordinator was not coming back and it was even more clear 10 days ago when head coach Bronco Mendenhall said that his entire offensive staff was allowed to reapply for their job and to seek employment elsewhere if they desired.

Today, the Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that Robert Anae resigned this morning as BYU's offensive coordinator:

"I have decided to resign at BYU and look forward to taking on the next chapter in my life and career," Anae said in a school news release. "I want to express my gratitude to this university and to Coach Mendenhall for the opportunity I have had to coach at my alma mater and all we were able to accomplish over the past six seasons."

I am pretty sure that BYU gave him the option of to resign or be fired, and it sounds better to resign then to be fired, but either was Anae was not coming back at BYU next year. Anae did help lead BYU's resurgence after the tire fire that Gary Crowton caused during his tenure as BYU's head coach.

The problem for Anae was that a decision could not be made between freshman quarterback Jake Heaps or junior quarterback Riley Nelson and it bit him hard. The injury to Nelson bailed him out in picking a quarterback, but by then it was too late for Anae to right the ship with Heaps as the starter.

Anae will find a place somewhere in college football since he had five of six very good years at BYU in a wide open offense, plus he was an offensive line coach under Mike Leach at Texas Tech for four years which is where he picked up the spread attack. Who knows, perhaps Leach will bring Anae on his staff if Leach gets hired at Maryland.

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did i read this right. byu has made a deal with the poinsettia bowl if they become bowl eligible?

talk about lowered expectations. its a step up from the new mexico bowl but i guess the independent route will be tougher than they thought

Why do canadians stick together? The same reason why Chris Horodecki turned his body and face around in his first WEC fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Dec 30, 2010 6:40 PM PST reply actions

I think so

They have guaranteed bowl agreements for 2011 and 2012.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 30, 2010 6:49 PM PST up reply actions

I think it's actually 2012 and 2013.

I don’t think there’s anything guaranteed for next season. I’m assuming no bowls had contracts up that soon. But I could be wrong.

Hopefully as more bowls come up for renewals, they’ll be able to get some better options lined up.

by holly96 on Dec 31, 2010 9:21 AM PST up reply actions

You could be right as well

Hopefully they can get a few more options, but I think they should be able to get a tie in like Notre Dame with the Big 12 since they lost two teams and will have a tough time filling out their bowl spots.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 31, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions