What Mountain West Personalities Have Said About The George Floyd Protests

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What Mountain West Personalities Have Said About The George Floyd Protests


In the wake of George Floyd’s death and protests in his name, administrators and coaches across the Mountain West have responded.


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In the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on May 25, subsequent protests, and police violence nationwide, a call has gone out to those with platforms and influence to not only speak out, but take action and become part of creating change to systems of disenfranchisement and brutality.

To that end, administrations and coaches across the Mountain West have collected their thoughts and feelings over the last few days. This post will be periodically updated.

Mountain West Conference Board of Directors

https://twitter.com/MountainWest/status/1267613969734266880?s=19

Air Force

Football head coach Troy Calhoun

https://twitter.com/CoachTCalhoun/status/1267625596286271488?s=19

Football defensive backs coach Curome Cox

https://twitter.com/CoachCCox/status/1267810939920736258?s=19

Boise State

https://twitter.com/BroncoSportsMBB/status/1267277844243075072?s=20

https://twitter.com/BroncoSportsWBB/status/1267546458821144577

Football head coach Bryan Harsin

https://twitter.com/CoachHarsin/status/1266827234003677186?s=20

Men’s basketball graduate assistant coach James Reid

https://twitter.com/coachjamesreid/status/1266782584433897472?s=20

Women’s soccer coach Jim Thomas [thread]

https://twitter.com/coachjimthomas/status/1267528534903320577

University president Marlene Tromp

https://twitter.com/BoiseState/status/1267578173811617792?s=19

Colorado State

Men’s basketball assistant coach JR Blount

https://twitter.com/CoachBlount25/status/1266731286821048320?s=20

University president Joyce McConnell

https://twitter.com/CSUMcConnell/status/1266475997211136001?s=20

Men’s basketball head coach Niko Medved

https://twitter.com/coachNikoMedved/status/1266550384195059712?s=20

Women’s basketball head coach Ryun Williams

https://twitter.com/CSU_Williams/status/1267259786275491841?s=20

Fresno State

University president Joseph Castro

https://twitter.com/Fresno_State/status/1266827461888823296?s=20

Football head coach Kalen DeBoer

https://twitter.com/KalenDeBoer/status/1266582448940314624?s=19

Athletic director Terry Tumey

https://twitter.com/TerryTumey/status/1267973718149488640?s=09

Hawaii

Football head coach Todd Graham

https://twitter.com/RealCoachGraham/status/1267260449306710016?s=20

Nevada

Men’s basketball coach Steve Alford

https://twitter.com/ByChrisMurray/status/1267138414555525120?s=20

Athletic director Doug Knuth

https://twitter.com/NevadaWolfPack/status/1268775335329480704?s=19

Women’s basketball head coach Amanda Levens

https://twitter.com/Coach11S/status/1266921352604213249?s=20

Football associate head coach/offensive coordinator Matt Mumme

https://twitter.com/CoachMattMumme/status/1268207261807022082?s=19

Football head coach Jay Norvell

https://twitter.com/ByChrisMurray/status/1267537423765876737

New Mexico

https://twitter.com/UNMLOBOS/status/1267591278616772617?s=19

Women’s basketball head coach Mike Bradbury

https://twitter.com/CoachBradbury/status/1266880928636211201?s=20

University president Garnett S. Stokes

https://twitter.com/PresidentStokes/status/1267202968257871872?s=20

Men’s basketball head coach Paul Weir

https://twitter.com/UNMLoboMBB/status/1268197836039974915?s=19