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Bulldogs defensive coordinator named as nominee for Broyles Award

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Fresno State football’s defensive coordinator Bert Watts was announced as a nominee for the 2018 Broyles award, given to the nation’s top assistant coaches.

According to a Fresno State Athletics news release, Watts was selected as one of 53 nominees from a pool of over 1,500 assistant coaches from 130 Division I college football programs.

The award’s selection process includes the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), current college head coaches and a college football hall of fame selection committee, the release said.

The 19-person selection committee will select 15 semifinalists on Nov.