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In his first interview session as the University of New Mexico’s football offensive coordinator, Heath Ridenour dabbled a bit in O-coordinator speak – procedure, cadence, the intricacies of the offense.
But when asked on Tuesday for his fundamental thought on the Lobos’ 21-9, touchdown-less loss to New Mexico State on Saturday, Ridenour went straight to the basics.
“They played harder than we did,” he said.
Ridenour, the longtime, hugely successful head coach at Cleveland High School, was hired in January as UNM’s quarterbacks coach. On Oct. 9, a day after the Lobos’ 27-14 loss to Wyoming, head coach Danny Gonzales fired O-coordinator Derek Warehime and promoted Ridenour on an interim basis.