San Diego State hired a familiar name as its special teams coordinator.
The school announced Friday that former UNLV coach Bobby Hauck would join the coaching staff. The Rebels are in the Mountain West Conference along with the Aztecs.
“I’m excited about being here and working for Coach [Rocky] Long first of all,” Hauck told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “They are really good guys on this staff, and this is a tremendous place to live, so I’m enthused about that.”
Hauck, 50, coached at UNLV for five seasons and had an overall record of 15-49 before he resigned at the end of the 2014 season. His Rebels went to a bowl game after the 2013 season, losing to North Texas in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. In that season, UNLV was 7-6, meaning Hauck was 8-43 in his other four seasons.
“You kind of know what we’re going to get and know the league,” he also told the Review-Journal. “Certainly, that makes the transition easier.”
The most recent memory of San Diego State's special teams isn't a good one. The Aztecs lost to Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl after a missed field goal late in the fourth quarter.
Before coaching at UNLV, Hauck coached at Montana. UNLV hired Tony Sanchez as his replacement. Sanchez previously coached at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.
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