When a college football coach refers to his offensive analyst or his defensive analyst, he’s not talking about a surly or a thin-skinned psychologist.
He’s talking about people who:
- Watch and analyze hours upon hours of opposing teams’ game film.
- Review, digest and interpret mountains of statistical data.
- Self-scout the teams they work for.
- Do lots of other things that make life and work easier and more productive for coaching staffs.
And, yes, probably, sometimes serve as in-house psychologists.
As of now, they’re something the University of New Mexico football does not have.