Scotty Conley is in his fourth year at Utah State as the Director of Football Operations.
In 2023, Conley helped Utah State to six wins and its third-straight bowl game as it played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Overall, it was USU’s 11th bowl game in the last 13 seasons.
Utah State had three players garner All-America honors following the 2023 season, while nine players received various all-Mountain West accolades.Â
During the 2022 campaign, Conley helped Utah State to six wins and an appearance in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl. USU also tied for second place in the Mountain Division of the MW with a 5-3 mark as the Aggies had nine players earn various all-conference accolades, including a pair of All-Americans.
In 2021, Conley helped the Aggies to their best season in school history as they tied the school record with 11 wins (11-3), won their first-ever MW Championship with a 46-13 victory at No. 19 San Diego State, posted a 24-13 win against Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl and finished the season ranked 24th in the nation in both polls.
Conley came to Utah State after spending three years (2018-20) as the Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations at Arkansas State. During his time with the Red Wolves, he helped the program to back-to-back bowl games, including a 34-26 win against Florida International in the 2019 Camellia Bowl.
Conley arrived at Arkansas State after spending the 2016 and 2017 seasons as the Director of High School Relations at North Texas. He originally went to North Texas in 2009, working as the Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations until 2015.Â
He is also a coaching veteran with over 40 years of experience at the NCAA FBS, Division II and III, junior college and high school levels.
Conley has nine years of head coaching experience, including 1996-2000 at Trinity Valley (Texas) Community College and 2004-08 at Texas A&M-Commerce. He led Trinity Valley to the 1997 national championship and was named the NJCAA Coach of the Year.
Conley also spent time as a college assistant coach at Texas A&M (1980-81), Texas (1982-86), Kansas (1987), Tennessee (1988), Rice (1989), Arkansas (1990-92), Howard Payne (1993-96) and Navy (2001-02).
Conley played football at Texas A&M in 1966, lettering as a member of the freshman team, and went to school there from 1966-68. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration at Texas A&M University-Commerce in 1970 and his master’s degree in secondary and higher education in 1973.
Conley and his wife, Glenda, have a son, Chris, and daughter, Cortney, son-in-law Carl Mosier, and three grandchildren (Mack, Hayden and Maggie).