For nearly a decade, Chris Petersen has been the face of the Boise State football program. Now that Petersen has moved on to Washington, the reigns have been handed to Bryan Harsin, a former Boise State quarterback turned assistant coach who has climbed the coaching ranks to become the head coach of his alma mater. Now Harsin is in charge of one of the most wildly successful programs of the past decade.
Harsin is a "Boise guy" through and through, and the majority of his staff already has solid ties to Boise State and the state of Idaho. However, just as all coaches who take over new programs, the Bronco staff has to get the "Bryan Harsin message" out to all the high school coaches. In order to do that, all nine of the full time assistants hit the road hard this morning.
The mission is to get the nine full time assistants into 130 Idaho high schools over the next four days, which is what the mysterious horseback tweet meant over the weekend.
It's not going to be easy (even in cars), but high school coaches will appreciate the tenacity and passion that these guys are hitting the road with.
If you're a new staff, it's vital to get your message out there to high school coaches, especially within your own borders. Harsin understands that, and that's why his coaches currently on the road guzzling coffee and caffeine and spreading the good word behind the new direction of the Boise State program.