Rocky Long
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Oct 7, 2026
Jed DrenningHOST
When you, when you look at his lineage, Owen, it's a fascinating story.
Jed DrenningHOST
He worked under Rocky Long at San Diego State, other stops.
Jed DrenningHOST
That was one of his mentors.
Jed DrenningHOST
Rocky Long is an odd stack guy who learned the odd stack from a guy he used to coach with, who invented the odd stack in Joe Lee Dunn.
Jed DrenningHOST
So you can trace it all the way back.
Jed DrenningHOST
It's to its most original roots, and that's what we're gonna see.
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
Um, 44-point margin of victory was their largest in a conference game, a Mountain West game, since 2008, uh, when they...
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
Rocky, [chuckles] which is...
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
I, I always go back to this, it's crazy.
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
This was Rocky Long's last win as the Lobo head coach, when they beat San Diego State 70 to seven.
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
This was 61 to seven.
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
Um, get in on it.
Ted LeitnerHOST
So they're staring at one in four last night.
Ted LeitnerHOST
But I know this about Sean Lewis, just like I knew it about Rocky Long and Brady Hoke.
Ted LeitnerHOST
Their teams never quit.
Ted LeitnerHOST
Their teams never hang their head or they will be in that particular coach's doghouse until they practice like they're you instead of them and raise themselves on the three deep or the two deep and get back in the good graces of that coach.
Ted LeitnerHOST
Now the NIL is biting them on the southern exposure there.
Ted LeitnerHOST
So I worry about NIL because they've proven that they can win.
Ted LeitnerHOST
I mean, I went to bowl game after bowl game with double-digit wins with Brady Hoke and, like I said, with Rocky Long before that, with tough, tough guys, especially on the defense, just like the Aztec basketball defense.
Ted LeitnerHOST
This school is known for their defense.
Keff CiardelloGUEST
What else are you gonna do?
FiendHOST
Yeah, it's tough for us because under Rocky Long, I felt like we really competed, uh, towards the end of his, um, his career, and Boise was kind of down and, you know, we were getting some conference championships.
FiendHOST
We were beating Boise at Boise, but it's just, like, it's gone the opposite direction and they've taken it to another level, and we've, you know, we've regressed from where we were under the Rocky Long years.
Keff CiardelloGUEST
Yeah, 'cause didn't Aztecs-
FiendHOST
I-
Jeff SiembiedaHOST
That's right.
RudyAUDIENCE
You know, this thing has been going on since Rocky Long left.
RudyAUDIENCE
People want...
RudyAUDIENCE
I'll go if they're playing Oklahoma.
Mateo San DiegoHOST
This is about results.
Mateo San DiegoHOST
When you look at the staff, in comparison to a Rocky Long staff, maybe not so much a Brady Hoke staff, but especially a Rocky Long staff, you had several assistants on that staff that had head coaching experience at large universities in their past, under their tool belt.
Mateo San DiegoHOST
It's not a knock on any young guys, but come on, guys.
Mateo San DiegoHOST
that experience goes a long ways on not only how to handle the media, but how to handle your locker room, how to face adversity in these, having that sounding board, like what you're saying, Montel, having that sounding board that, hey, somebody's going to suggest this.
Mike PowersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
New Mexico getting set to kick off to the Red Raiders, and there's a hit.
Mike PowersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Look at head coach Rocky Long in his seventh season at the University of New Mexico.
Mike PowersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My correction, the Lobos will be receiving the opening kickoff here.
Mike PowersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Texas Tech won the toss, deferred to the second half.
11 MINS LATER
Mike PowersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
signal from
Van TateSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
our officiating crew here tonight.
Van TateSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Coach Rocky Long looking and enjoying what he's seeing.
Van TateSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Still has that stoic look.
Blake AndersonGUEST
jobs? No, no.
Blake AndersonGUEST
Actually, Rocky Long did.
Blake AndersonGUEST
I was the offensive coordinator at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, for about four or five years.
Blake AndersonGUEST
And I was lucky enough, Rocky Long was the head coach at the University of New Mexico.
Blake AndersonGUEST
I had a teammate and a guy that I'd grown up around, and then another guy I'd coached around that were on staff with Rocky.
Blake AndersonGUEST
He had a spot came open, and he hired me to come coach.
Tanner HaworthHOST
That's crazy.
Tanner HaworthHOST
His one offer was a walk-on from Rocky Long at San Diego State, and he did not play for that because they couldn't guarantee any playing time.
Kanoa LeaheyHOST
So that's why he went the Juco route, right, and then got at least a little bit of love from Wyoming.
Kanoa LeaheyHOST
But that's wild.
Coach CGUEST
And I used to call it a Lobo front.
Coach CGUEST
Shout out to Rocky Long when he was at New Mexico, because when I was coaching at at San Diego state and had to run the scout defense, you know, as a GA there, you know, I had Rocky Long's influence throughout the whole mountain West conference was all over, you know, BYU, New Mexico, air force, all of them are running that three, three stack.
Coach CGUEST
And it was a new thing.
Coach CGUEST
And we're at San Diego state pulling our hair out.
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