EPHRAIM, Utah-In news released Monday, Snow College head football coach Andrew Mitchell resigned and associate head coach Zac Erekson has been appointed in his stead.
Snow College athletics director Rob Nielsen confirmed Mitchell resigned his position to pursue other opportunities.
The changes are effective immediately.
Mitchell took over the position in December 2018, coaching the Badgers during the 2019 season.
He led the Badgers to a 5-3 (.625) record in his only season at the helm, including a 30-27 win at Garden City (Kan.) when the Broncbusters were No. 3 in the national polls.
Erekson is currently in his second season with the Badgers’ football program and his 12th overall season in coaching.
He has previously served as the athletics director and head football coach at Skyline High School of Millcreek, Utah.
Prior to his time with the Eagles’ football program and athletic department, he coached high school football throughout Texas for 8 years.
Among his attainments in Texas High School football was coaching at O.H. Cooper High School of Abilene, Texas where he led the Coogs (Cougars) to a 12-2 record in 2011.
He coached several future Division I college football prospects, such as Texas receiver Lorenzo Joe (2014-2017 with the Longhorns), Texas Tech quarterback Clayton Nicholas (2012-2013 with the Red Raiders), former BYU tailback/receiver Trey Dye (2014-2015; 2017 with the Cougars), Houston tailback Joseph Glenn (2013 at the University of Houston) and Army defensive back Max Regan (2015-2018 with the Black Knights).
Erekson is a native of Mapleton, Utah and graduated from Springville High School. He was a 12-time letterman for the Red Devils, competing in football, basketball, baseball and track.
Erekson played football at Dixie State College (now Dixie State University), before graduating following his freshman season.
Erekson transferred to BYU in 2006, playing receiver for the Cougars on their Mountain West Conference championship-winning squad and graduating with a degree in communications.
Subsequently, he earned his master’s degree in athletic administration from Azusa Pacific University of Azusa, Calif.
He and his wife, Juli, have a 9-year-old daughter and two sons, aged 6 and 5, with a fourth child expected in May.
