LOGAN, Utah – The Collegiate Sports Video Association named Bill Garren, Assistant Athletics Director for Video Operations at Utah State University, the 2024-2025 Mountain West Conference Video Coordinator of the Year. Garren was selected by his peers in the Mountain West to receive the Conference Video Coordinator of the Year honor.  He is now a finalist for the prestigious Bob Matey National Video Coordinator of the Year award, which will be announced at the annual CSVA banquet on May 21st, 2025, in Houston, Texas. The Bob Matey award is presented to the Video Coordinator who displays innovation, determination, perseverance and technical skill as portrayed by the late Bob Matey, legendary Video Coordinator from Texas A&M. Bill Garren is in his 19th year as the Director of Video Operations for the Utah State athletics department and was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Video Operations in 2016. Garren is responsible for managing all aspects of athletic video and editing within the athletics department, which includes training and supervising a staff of student assistants to shoot all the football practices and games. His responsibilities also include the day-to-day operations of the video room, managing the digital TV needs, overseeing all Mountain West live

At the end of Saturday’s post-game press conference for Nate Dreiling, the interim head coach was asked a question about a small part of Utah State’s 49-28 loss to Washington State. It was a loss that ended the Aggies’ hopes at a bowl game and pushes them into the wrong end of recent history as the 2024 USU football team will be one of just three squads to not finish with at least six wins. But with one question, Dreiling got to smile as he spoke about the final snap for the team on offense. It didn’t change the game. It certainly didn’t change the season. It didn’t even impact whether the Aggies covered the spread. What it did change was the demeanor of a few players and coaches. That play was the first career carry of running back Derrick Jameson. Jameson hadn’t sunk his cleats into a football field during a game since his high school days, surely a tough adjustment for a guy who was a finalist for Mr. Football in Minnesota his senior season. In two years at Iowa Central Community College, he didn’t log any appearances, and through 10 weeks at Utah State, Jameson didn’t record any