BYU's Bronco Mendenhall preaches kinder, ...

...gentler approach to coaching



Nice little article in the Orlando newspaper about Mendenhall and his approach to coaching. It also brings out the point that Urban Myers might have a national championship, but he lost his health in doing so.



http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/os-grid-story-0123-20100122,0,304622.story

BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall knows his schedule is unusual, but it also might make him the happiest coach in college football.



Florida coach Urban Meyer has become the poster child for the horrors of college coaching, featuring a rigorous schedule and unhealthy diet that could easily lead to massive health problems. Coaches often talk of working 18-hour days, sleeping at the office after long road trips to get a head start on breaking down film, hopping on flight after flight to woo recruits and taking less than a week off during the offseason before ramping back up again.



Mendenhall looks at those coaches and sympathetically shakes his head.

HA, you know that Mendenhall does his homework. But I agree, he's doing a phenomenal job with the amount of time he puts in. I'm glad our coach doesn't feel the need to push himself to the brink of death to do his job.

I was hoping for a more in depth article. It seems obvious that Mendenhall is accomplishing more in his 12 hour day than most coaches accomplish in their 18. How does he do it? What efficiencies has he introduced that enable them to get it done without spending their nights in the office. Inquiring minds want to know.