Kenny Mcclendon
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Oct 25, 2026
Scott Van PeltHOST
Instead of kicking the field goal to tie, and they get rewarded.
Scott Van PeltHOST
Remember Kenny McClendon sleeping in his office, Colorado State? Yeah, you lied.
Scott Van PeltHOST
What? You said you were putting them in winners, and it was a winner.
Scott Van PeltHOST
Well, I should have.
Scott Van PeltHOST
They gave up 565 yards, 49 points, and got the dub over San Diego State.
Scott Van PeltHOST
I'm happy for Coach Mora.
Scott Van PeltHOST
I'm happy for Kenny McClendon, who's the new DC and has been sleeping in his office.
Scott Van PeltHOST
That's my bad.
Jelani StaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Have you thought about what you want to do when you're done playing? All those six years of school I did, it's funny.
Jelani StaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I didn't want to do anything but be around ball, so I'll probably end up coaching maybe one day or just sticking around the game in some capacity.
Jelani StaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I got some friends who do different things.
Jelani StaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One of my buddies, he's a sports agent.
Justin MichaelHOST
We'll talk about all that.
Justin MichaelHOST
I'm going to talk about the viral Kenny McClendon story.
Justin MichaelHOST
I'm going to play some clips of him and Jim Mora.
Justin MichaelHOST
We've got a lot to get into.
Justin MichaelHOST
And, you know, even early on in that BYU game, you knew it was going to be a mess defensively just based on how easy it was for the Cougars on that first series of the game.
Justin MichaelHOST
But you at least punched back, right? And before Haney went down, you still talked yourself into, you know, maybe, maybe it's a 52 type 45 game.
Justin MichaelHOST
Obviously, since then, the defensive issues have only escalated, which is why we're in the position we're in, why Tyson Summers got replaced mid game and Kenny McClendon was thrown into the fire and is now, you know, a first time defensive play caller at just 34 years old going viral for sleeping at the facility.
Justin MichaelHOST
I will set the scene here for this by just saying this story to me is a perfect example of what's so frustrating about internet discourse, especially, but also just media consumption.
Davey HudsonPANELIST
This is a little bit, this breaks from what we've normally done.
Davey HudsonPANELIST
Now, we did talk about Colorado State not too long ago because their former defensive coordinator, Tyson Summers, was relieved of play-calling duties during the game, at which point he left and it forced Kenny McClendon to step in and have to call plays.
Davey HudsonPANELIST
And Jim Mora, the head coach at Colorado State, I wanted to get your take on this, Dan, as someone that's been an assistant, had a young family, trying to work through it, but he's doing all the right things to make sure he does not end up on the hot seat.
Jim MoraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I have never in my life as a coach seen somebody do the things that Kenny and his family are doing right now to try to help these players get better.
Chris VanniniHOST
Um, But Jim Mora said that he has promoted new defense coordinator.
Chris VanniniHOST
Kenny McClendon is sleeping in the office, as David alluded to at the beginning of the show.
Chris VanniniHOST
I don't understand the point of that.
Chris VanniniHOST
This isn't like a quiz.
Jake SorensenHOST
Defensive coordinator who was let go mid-game against whatever game that was.
Jake SorensenHOST
Kenny McClendon is the new defensive coordinator there, and he's giving us an update on how things are going with Kenny and his first couple weeks on the job as D.C.
Jim Mora Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Kenny hasn't been home in two weeks, so we took Jordan's office, our linebacker coach, and we turned it into a bedroom for Kenny, so he just sleeps there.
Jake SorensenHOST
Kenny's followed up.
Jake SorensenHOST
Kenny was asked about this yesterday, about, hey, we're being told that you are sleeping in the office and not going home.
Jake SorensenHOST
Kenny McClendon, the new CSU defensive coordinators, gave us an update on this.
Kenny McClendonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh, yeah.
Kenny McClendonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So it's a family affair now.
RJ SantilloPANELIST
And Jim Moore Jr., he's got a new defensive coordinator.
RJ SantilloPANELIST
It's Kenny McClendon.
RJ SantilloPANELIST
And Jim Moore Jr. has made some adjustments.
Jim Mora Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Kenny hasn't been home in two weeks.
Jeff HuntHOST
All along the front range, this is the Jeff and Bill Show, where you hear both sides.
Jeff HuntHOST
Conroe State football head coach Jim Mora shared that new defensive coordinator, Kenny McClendon, who took over mid-game on October 3rd after the previous coordinator's exit, hasn't been home in two weeks.
Jeff HuntHOST
Two weeks, the staff converted an office into a bedroom to handle the heavy workload fixing a defense that allowed 43.2 points and over 530 yards per game through six contests, including blowouts by Oregon State and Texas State.
Jeff HuntHOST
While some praised the dedication, others questioned glorifying such extreme hours, with coaches noting it risks burnout.
BillHOST
here's the thing that's it but the thing is this understand that you're saying this is why they get paid so well um blake also said this happens in high school and college those guys aren't making huge scratch i mean granted the guy doing csu defense is probably making half a mil maybe 300k that's probably what his contract is usually that's right about where they are So he's already drawn half a mil.
BillHOST
So that's a significant check that you do want to protect.
BillHOST
But those guys, let's say that you are on a D3 football squad and you're the assistant defensive coordinator, you're sleeping in your office as well.
BillHOST
You are.
Nate KreckmanHOST
They worked together.
Nate KreckmanHOST
They were co-D-line coaches, Kenny McClendon and his wife, Mickey.
Nate KreckmanHOST
And now she's, I guess, one of his assistants, technically, because he's the defensive coordinator and they live together in the linebacker's office, which has been converted to their home.
Mark SpringerCORRESPONDENT
Listen.
Nate KreckmanHOST
So earlier this week, uh, Jim Mora was talking about, uh, new defensive coordinator, I guess technically his, his role is co-defensive coordinator.
Nate KreckmanHOST
D-line coach Kenny McClendon was promoted to be the, the, the DC the rest of the way.
Nate KreckmanHOST
Kenny McClendon was on Mora's staff at UConn, came with him to CSU and, and let's hear from Jim Mora earlier this week about kinda what McClendon's trying to do to, to get this defense, uh, hopefully playing some more competent football.
Jim MoraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Kenny hasn't been home in two weeks, so we took, uh, we took, uh, Jordan, [laughs] Jordan's office, our linebacker coach, and we turned it into a bedroom for Kenny.
Jim MoraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So he just sleeps there, so...
Nate KreckmanHOST
...
Nate KreckmanHOST
but al- but also, I, you know, okay, you get a chance to be a defensive coordinator at the college level, you're going for it.
Nate KreckmanHOST
So Kenny McClendon, the defensive coordinator, has a chance to talk to the media today, and he gets asked about that comment.
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