Football Coaches

Utah State University Athletics

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2025 Football Coaching Staff

Staff Directory Members By Category/Department
Name	Title	Phone	Email Address
Bronco Mendenhall	Head Football Coach	1870 1870
Kevin McGiven	Offensive Coordinator	1870 1870
Nick Howell	Defensive Coordinator/Safeties	1870 1870
Shane Hunter	Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers	1870 1870
Mario Acitelli	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator	1870 1870	mario.acitelli@usu.edu
Kirk Garner	Running Backs	1870 1870	kirk.garner@usu.edu
Matt Johns	Quarterbacks	1870 1870	matt.johns@usu.edu
Jan Jorgensen	Outside Linebackers	1870 1870	jan.jorgensen@usu.edu
Charles Mack	Cornerbacks	1870 1870	charles.mack@usu.edu
DeNarius McGhee	Wide Receivers/Pass Game Coordinator	1870 1870	denarius.mcghee@usu.edu
Donte Wilkins	Defensive Line	1870 1870	donte.wilkins@usu.edu
Ali'i Niumatalolo	Senior Analyst/Tight Ends	1870 1870	alii.niumatalolo@usu.edu
Kody Cooke	Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Footbll		kody.cooke@usu.edu
Brett Arkelian	Special Teams Analyst	1870 1870	brett.arkelian@usu.edu
Austin Gatewood	Senior Analyst/Defense	1870 1870	austin.gatewood@usu.edu
Christopher Howell	Defensive Analyst	1870 1870	christopher.howell@usu.edu
Josh Clifford	Junior Analyst/Skill Assistant	1870 1870	josh.clifford@usu.edu
Nick Grant	Junior Analyst/Defense	1870 1870	nick.grant@usu.edu
Chris Peace	Junior Analyst/Defense	1870 1870	chris.peace@usu.edu
Cade Rohrbough	Junior Analyst/Offense	1870 1870	cade.rohrbough@usu.edu
Jray Galeai	Junior Analyst/Defense	1870 1870	jray.galeai@usu.edu
Stine Emrick	Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football		stine.emrick@usu.edu
Richard Burney Jr.	Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football
Kevin Griffin	Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football		kevin.griffin@usu.edu

2025 Football Support Staff

Staff Directory Members By Category/Department
Name	Title	Phone	Email Address
Pat Hickman	Chief of Staff	1870 1870	pat.hickman@usu.edu
Joe Spaziani	Director of Operations	1870 1870	jspaz@usu.edu
Evan Butts	Director of Player Personnel	1870 1870	evan.butts@usu.edu
Jordan Pulou	Defensive Recruiting Analyst	1870 1870	jordan.pulou@usu.edu
Ben Hogg	Offensive Recruiting Analyst	1870 1870	ben.hogg@usu.edu
Summer Tujague	Head Coach Assistant	1870 1870	s.tujague@usu.edu
Mike Williams	Associate AD - Director of Sports Medicine	3444 3444	mike.williams@usu.edu
Waqa Damuni	Assistant AD - Director of Student-Athlete Development/Academic Coordinator	1864 1864	waqa.damuni@usu.edu
Bill Garren	Assistant AD - Video Operations	0079 0079	bill.garren@usu.edu
Michael Norder	Associate Director Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer (Football)		mike.norder@usu.edu
Chris Dunlap	Director of Equipment Operations - Football	1270 1270	chris.dunlap@usu.edu
Walker Erickson	Assistant Director of Creative Content	3456 3456	walker.erickson@usu.edu
Arpan Bose	Assistant Director of Creative Content	3456 3456	arpan.bose@usu.edu