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Dick Harmon: BYU's new offensive line coach makes immediate impression

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BYU offensive line coach Eric Mateos instructs athletes during the team's first spring practice in the Indoor Practice Facility on BYU's campus in Provo Utah on March 4, 2019.

PROVO — The replacement for BYU offensive line coach Ryan Pugh is going to be a fun quote bucket.

Eric Mateos may have just arrived from Texas State, with previous stops at LSU and Arkansas, but he’s media savvy, slick as a politician, funny, subtle and street smart, and he knows how to play the humble street preacher card in front of a crowd.

The early take?