By
Braden Clark
Former
and current Utah State University students are taking to Twitter and Facebook
to voice their support for the hiring of a fellow Aggie to fill the slot left
vacant when running backs coach Dave Ungerer signed on with Fresno State this
week.
With
the hashtag #HireCoachFiefia, the supporters are hoping to catch the attention
of Utah State head coach Matt Wells.
“He
would make a great choice as our new running back coach,” said Thomas Rogers,
the Utah State University student athletics and campus recreation vice
president. “It’s cool students are out there saying, ‘Hey! Check out Dave
Fiefia. He’s local, a grad assistant and a running back at Utah State.’ He knows
the program really well.”
Fiefia
played both wide receiver and running back for the Aggies from 2000 to 2002.
Right now, the West Valley City native is the running backs and tight ends
assistant at Idaho State University.
“The
campaign was actually started by some fans, ex-players and donors,” said Doug
Fiefia, who posted about the possibility of bringing his brother back to Utah
State on Facebook. “People knew him as a player from 1999 to 2004 and then saw
what he did with running backs and tight ends the past three years at Idaho State.
Also, I think the fact he played at USU and wants to be there is a plus.”
“I
thought it was a good idea, so I posted about it on Facebook and it went
crazy,” Doug Fiefia said.
Doug
Hoffman, the associate athletics director of media relations for Utah State
University, said the athletics department hasn’t received any news about Wells
reaching out to David Fiefia.
Hoffman
said he had “no idea what the timeline is for Coach Wells.”
“I
fully trust Coach Wells that he will do what is best for the USU football
program, if that is Dave or if it is someone else,” Rogers said.
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