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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 4480922, member: 6809"] Yeah, looked him up yesterday. [HEADING=1]Coaching career[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Long&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro']edit[/URL]][/HEADING] Long returned to New Mexico as the head football coach on December 20, 1997. His overall won-loss record was 65–69 in 11 seasons. His 65 wins are the most of any head coach in program history. Long surpassed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_W._Johnson_(coach)']Roy W. Johnson[/URL]'s mark of 41 wins during the 2005 season. Long led the Lobos to three straight [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_game']bowl games[/URL] from 2003 to 2005, a first in program history. The Lobos were bowl-eligible for seven straight seasons, from 2001 to 2007, another program record. This streak continued into the 2007 season as the Lobos accepted a bid to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_New_Mexico_Bowl']New Mexico Bowl[/URL], where Long garnered his bowl win with a victory over the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team']Nevada Wolf Pack[/URL]. After an 11-season career, Long resigned on November 17, 2008, two days after the Lobos' regular game season ended. Long cited that he was not the right person to lead the program to newer heights. He added that he had no plans of retirement, and that he wanted to continue to coach as a coordinator.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Long#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] In 2011, he was promoted to head coach at San Diego State after two seasons as their defensive coordinator. In 2020, Long resigned from San Diego State, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Hoke']Brady Hoke[/URL] was named as his replacement.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Long#cite_note-LongResign-4'][4][/URL] He left San Diego State with 81 wins, second all time in wins behind [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Coryell']Don Coryell[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Long#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] Soon after his resignation from SDSU, the University of New Mexico announced Long would be returning to the Lobos to take over as their defensive coordinator under new coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gonzales']Danny Gonzales[/URL], a former player and assistant coach under Long at UNM as well as SDSU.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Long#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football']San Diego State Aztecs[/URL][/B] [I]([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference']Mountain West Conference[/URL])[/I] (2011–2019)[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2011[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]8–5[/TD] [TD]4–3[/TD] [TD]4th[/TD] [TD][B]L[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_New_Orleans_Bowl']New Orleans[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2012[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]9–4[/TD] [TD]7–1[/TD] [TD]T–1st[/TD] [TD][B]L[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Poinsettia_Bowl']Poinsettia[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2013[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]8–5[/TD] [TD]6–2[/TD] [TD]2nd (West)[/TD] [TD][B]W[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Famous_Idaho_Potato_Bowl']Famous Idaho Potato[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2014[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]7–6[/TD] [TD]5–3[/TD] [TD]T–1st (West)[/TD] [TD][B]L[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Poinsettia_Bowl']Poinsettia[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2015[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]11–3[/TD] [TD]8–0[/TD] [TD]1st (West)[/TD] [TD][B]W[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Hawaii_Bowl']Hawaii[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2016[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]11–3[/TD] [TD]6–2[/TD] [TD]1st (West)[/TD] [TD][B]W[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Las_Vegas_Bowl']Las Vegas[/URL][/TD] [TD]25[/TD] [TD]25[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2017[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]10–3[/TD] [TD]6–2[/TD] [TD]2nd (West)[/TD] [TD][B]L[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Armed_Forces_Bowl']Armed Forces[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2018[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]7–6[/TD] [TD]4–4[/TD] [TD]4th (West)[/TD] [TD][B]L[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Frisco_Bowl']Frisco[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_San_Diego_State_Aztecs_football_team']San Diego State[/URL][/TD] [TD]10–3[/TD] [TD]5–3[/TD] [TD]T–1st (West)[/TD] [TD][B]W[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_New_Mexico_Bowl']New Mexico[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]San Diego State:[/B][/TD] [TD]81–38[/TD] [TD]51–20[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Total:[/B][/TD] [TD]146–107[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]

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