Coach Bronco Mendenhall and his wife, Holly Mendenhall, talk about family, faith and football with guest host Sheri Dew
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4.9 • 782 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
After six years as head football coach of University of Virginia, Coach Bronco Mendenhall resigned his post at the end of the 2021 season. Mendenhall — who also spent 11 years as head football coach at Brigham Young University — and his wife, Holly Mendenhall, speak about family, faith and football on this episode of the Church News podcast. They are joined by fellow sports fan and guest host Sister Sheri Dew, executive vice president of Deseret Management Corp. and a former member of the Relief Society general presidency.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | There's not a decision that I make or that we make that doesn't start with our beliefs. |
| 0:13.0 | And our beliefs then guide the principles, and our principles guide our choices, right? |
| 0:19.0 | Our choices guide our actions and you pull that thread, it's back to our choices, right? Our choices guide our actions, and you pull that thread. |
| 0:21.9 | It's back to our beliefs. |
| 0:23.2 | And this idea of your member of the church, |
| 0:26.0 | and then if you were to say and after, there is no end. |
| 0:29.1 | No, I'm a member of the church. |
| 0:30.7 | I work as hard as I can to be a disciple of Christ. |
| 0:33.9 | I do all I can imperfectly to follow our Savior's teachings. |
| 0:38.3 | And back to your question of pausing my career at Virginia, |
| 0:42.3 | I was feeling a little too tilted toward football as everything. |
| 0:45.3 | And it's not. Is it important? Yes. |
| 0:48.3 | But things like this, this is the foundational part of why we're on the planet. |
| 0:53.3 | And that has to be anchored in a way that clearly is first. |
| 1:02.9 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news. |
| 1:05.8 | Welcome to the church news podcast. |
| 1:07.9 | We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events |
| 1:11.7 | of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:19.8 | Latter-day Saint football coach Bronco Mendenhall shocked college football fans when he resigned his |
| 1:25.3 | post as head coach at the University of Virginia. |
| 1:29.1 | Also, the former head football coach at Brigham Young University, |
| 1:33.1 | Coach Mendenhall and his wife, Holly, joined this episode of the Church News podcast to talk about their decision. |
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