Why Former BYU Football Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall Prioritized Faith Over Football

Bronco Mendenhall picked his college for one reason. BYU was on the schedule, and he wanted to beat them. He got his win in Provo and lay spread-eagle on the Y. Years later, sitting at a stoplight while the radio named the coaches BYU wanted instead, a still, small prompting told him he would lead the program himself. Days later, the self-described last resort was named head coach of the only football program owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he spent 11 seasons measuring the job by something other than the scoreboard. In this episode of Why We Believe, Bronco tells host Nathan Gwilliam how faith kept outranking football. He recalls the interview where an Apostle asked him a single question, the firesides his team held inside a prison where an inmate choir met them with hymns, and the morning LaVell Edwards knocked on his office door before sunrise. He shares the letter signed Jeff that now guides his work at Utah State, his father's farewell haka on the front lawn, and the counsel from his dad that made sense only decades later. Through it all, Bronco witnesses that borrowed light became his own testimony of Jesus Christ as he shared it, and that the reassurance of the Spirit has come each time he has asked with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Loved this episode?Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs a reminder that testimony grows as we share it. Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! Visit WhyWeBelieve.com to download Your FREE guide on 13 Strategies to Increase Faith in Jesus Christ, to support you as you strengthen your own testimony of Jesus Christ. Read this week's story. Keep the lesson for good: How Prison Firesides Taught Bronco Mendenhall Where the Spirit Reaches https://whywebelieve.com/blog/how-pri... Read this week's story. Keep the lesson for good: How Prison Firesides Taught Bronco Mendenhall Where the Spirit Reaches: https://whywebelieve.com/blog/how-pri... Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube:    / @whywebelieveshow   LinkedIn:   / why-we-believe-show   Instagram:   / whywebelievepodcast   Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn:   / nathangwilliam   Website: https://podup.com/ Podcasts: Why We Believe: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ Podcasting Secrets: https://podcastingsecrets.com/ Follow Bronco Mendenhall: Instagram:   / bronco_mendenhall   Facebook:   / byubandofbrothers   Utah State Athletics: https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/fo...