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Boise State football swipes new assistant from Mountain West rival

Two days after he was named the cornerbacks coach at Utah State, Jalil Brown has decided that he’d rather be a Bronco.

Boise State football coach Bryan Harsin announced Friday that Brown will rejoin the team as its cornerbacks coach. He replaces Jeff Popovich, who accepted a job on Tuesday as cornerbacks coach and defensive special teams coordinator at Georgia Tech.

“We are fired up to have Jalil back at Boise State,” Harsin said in an emailed press release from Boise State.

“Here’s a guy that really, really wants to be a Bronco and is a perfect fit for our culture and how we do things.