Sources: Boise State to Hire Spencer Danielson as Permanent Coach

In his time as interim coach, the Broncos went on a four-game winning streak to end the regular season en route to the Mountain West Conference title.

Pat Forde | Dec 3, 2023

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Boise State has elevated interim coach Spencer Danielson to the full-time job, sources tell Sports Illustrated.

Danielson led the Broncos to a surprise Mountain West Conference title after taking over when the program fired Andy Avalos. The Broncos won their last four games of the season, routing UNLV in the MWC championship game.

Spencer Danielson runs as Boise State players lift a gatorade cooler to dump on him — Danielson led the team to a 44–20 win over UNLV :: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports

Boise is headed to face UCLA in the LA Bowl. Bruins coach Chip Kelly said today that Boise State should hire Danielson. “They’re a well-coached football team,” Kelly said.

Danielson has been co-defensive coordinator at Boise since 2021 and has been on staff there since 2017.

Published Dec 3, 2023

PAT FORDE

Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the College Football Enquirer podcast and is a football analyst on the Big Ten Network. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.