LOGAN — Former Deputy Athletic Director Jerry Bovee recently filed a lawsuit against Utah State University for violating state law and its own university policy when it terminated him in July of 2024. This is the second former athletic department employee to file a civil lawsuit against the university in about a month. Bovee filed the lawsuit on Dec. 27 in First District Court, claiming damages of more than $300,000 and asking for a jury trial. From August to December 2023, Bovee alleges his direct supervisor, USU Athletic Director Diana Sabau, removed a number of job duties and undermined him which led him to believe “she was trying to minimize his role and move him out of his position,” according to the suit. Bovee complained to Human Resources about his supervisor, Sabau, multiple times between December 2023 to July 2024. In one alleged instance, Sabau yelled at former Senior Woman Administrator Amy Crosbie and Bovee for hiring an assistant coach without asking for her approval, according to the complaint. “Sabau’s conduct during this meeting was so abusive that Crosbie began to cry, which Sabau mocked,” the lawsuit states. Later, Sabau threatened, ”there will be an investigation” and that “changes were

Former Utah State football interim head coach Nate Dreiling is expected to take on the defensive coordinator role at Arkansas State, per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Dreiling served as interim coach following the firing of Blake Anderson in July 2024 and held the position until USU hired Bronco Mendenhall last month. Coincidently enough, Dreiling’s landing spot is the same place Anderson was head coach at prior to coming to Utah State. Dreiling had been hired to be the defensive coordinator of the Aggies in January 2024. Prior to coming to USU, he was the defensive coordinator at New Mexico State and Pittsburgh State. With his hiring, the trio of top former coaches for USU prior to 2024 — head coach Blake Anderson, offensive coordinator Kyle Cefalo and defensive coordinator Dreiling — have all found new landing spots. Anderson will be the offensive coordinator at Southern Miss with Cefalo being the wide receivers coach at California. Source link

Tyler Shough, who rebounded from three straight injury-shortened seasons to throw for more than 3,000 yards in his only year at Louisville, was one of three winners of college football’s Comeback Player of the Year Award announced Tuesday. South Carolina’s Raheim “Rocket” Sanders, who returned from devastating knee and shoulder surgeries to rank among the Southeastern Conference’s top running backs, and Utah State’s Ike Larsen, who overcame a mental health crisis to become one of the top safeties in the Mountain West, were the other comeback players of the year. The Comeback Player of the Year Award is voted on by Associated Press Top 25 voters and sports information directors from around the country. The players will honored at the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 in Glendale, Arizona. Shough was a seventh-year player this season who began his college career at Oregon and helped lead the Ducks to the 2020 Pac-12 championship before he transferred to Texas Tech. A broken collarbone ended his 2021 season after four games, a shoulder injury in the 2022 opener kept him out of six games. A broken left fibula ended his 2023 season after four games. He transferred to Louisville in the offseason, started

Former Utah State football head coach Blake Anderson is reportedly set to take on the role of offensive coordinator at Southern Mississippi this upcoming season. It’ll be his first collegiate coaching role since being fired from his position at USU in July. John Brice of FootballScoop and later Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reported the news Friday morning that Anderson is a top target for the Golden Eagles and their new head coach Charles Huff. Sources: Blake Anderson expected to return to Southern Miss https://t.co/ex56wZq0aG via @JohnDBrice1 — FootballScoop (@FootballScoop) December 13, 2024 Anderson has previously served as a coach at Southern Miss, including time as the offensive coordinator. He was hired in 2008 by Larry Fedora as the run game coordinator and QB coach and promoted to offensive coordinator in 2010. Anderson followed Fedora to North Carolina in 2012 after a 12-2 season at Southern Miss. Anderson is currently suing Utah State for $15 million over his July firing in which the university claimed Anderson violated Title IX policy regarding reporting a 2023 incident involving one of his players. Former USU football coach files lawsuit against university, sues for at least $15 million in damages Another former USU football

The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opened on Monday, Dec. 9 and will remain open until Dec. 28. Players from all schools will be able to enter up until that date with players able to commit to a new school any time, even if it’s after the window to enter the portal has closed. Here, you can track all of the outgoing — and eventually incoming — players for Utah State in the transfer portal along with relevant details like stats, snaps played and biographical information. LAST UPDATE: Dec. 9 Players from USU that have entered the portal —12 Division I transfers that have committed to Utah State — 0 Junior College transfers that have committed to Utah State — 3 Winter 2024 Transfer Portal Entries from Utah State Player Position Announced Entry Date 2024 Snaps Played 2024 Stats Collin Vaughn DT Nov. 22 9 No Stats Teague Andersen OL Dec. 2 826 No Stats JD Drew CB Dec. 4 719 45 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 INT, 2 PD, 1 FF Avante Dickerson CB Dec. 5 409 19 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 INT, 3 PD Davon Graham CB Dec. 6 757 42 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 INT, 2 PD, 2 FF

LOGAN, Utah — The Mountain West announced its 2025 football matchups on Tuesday, including home and away designations. During the 2025 campaign, Utah State will play host to Air Force, Boise State, Nevada and San José State. The Aggies will venture on the road in 2025 at New Mexico, Fresno State, Hawai’i and UNLV. The 2025 schedule features eight conference matchups for each MW school and departs from the 7+1 model used in 2024 with additional games versus Washington State and Oregon State. The schedule will play out over 14 weeks, culminating in the MW Football Championship Game featuring the two teams with the highest Conference winning percentages. The 2025 MW football membership includes Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai’i, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San José State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming. It will be the final season for USU in the MW before joining Washington State and Oregon State in the Pac-12 alongside BSU, CSU, FS and SDSU. Dates for all MW contests will be announced at a later date, as will Utah State’s non-conference schedule. Source link