Mendenhall left for Mountain West rival Utah State a week ago after going 5-7 overall and 3-4 in conference in his lone season at the school.

New Mexico has agreed to a five-year deal to hire Idaho coach Jason Eck, sources told ESPN. Eck has been a successful FCS head coach, as he is 26-13 in three years at Idaho. He reached the FCS playoffs all three years there,

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Idaho head football coach Jason Eck is being hired for the same role at New Mexico, the Journal has learned. Eck, 47, was 26-13 with three playoff appearances in as many seasons with the Vandals. At UNM, he'll replace Bronco Mendenhall, who was announced in the same role at Utah State on Dec. 6 after one season with the Lobos.

Following Friday's quarterfinal loss to Montana State, University of Idaho head coach Jason Eck has stepped down and accepted the head coaching position at the University of New Mexico.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico named Jason Eck as the 34th head coach of the Lobo football program. UNM made the announcement Saturday, a little over a week after Bronco Mendenhall announced his departure.

Jason Eck led Idaho to three consecutive FCS playoff bids and takes over as coach of New Mexico after Bronco Mendenhall left for Utah State.

A day after the Vandals were eliminated by Montana State in a 52-19 quarterfinal loss in Bozeman, Eck agreed to a five-year deal to take over the Lobos, according to the report. In his, Eck went 26-13.