When wanting to draw fans to University Stadium for a big game on Friday night apparently it’s not enough just to have a storybook-type situation to sell.
Danny Gonzales is the guy who lived in Albuquerque as a little Lobo fan who grew up to play football at UNM, where he began as a walk-on and eventually earned a scholarship. Afterwards, he started his coaching career at his alma mater and learned under then-coach Rocky Long, a former Lobo quarterback who also began his coaching career at UNM.
Now Gonzales is back as the Lobo head coach, into his third year of a rebuilding project that has had his mentor/defensive coordinator Long as a key component.