ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

After a winning season beyond the dreams of many, the University of New Mexico Lobos Football team barely had time for a letdown when they learned that they weren't chosen to play in the Mountain West championship game this year.

Instead, they got some good news that overshadowed what suddenly seemed like a small setback in comparison.

In just his first year leading the team, Jason Eck was named Mountain West coach of the year after the team posted a 6-2 record in the conference and a 9-3 record overall. That was the most wins for a first-year coach in UNM football history, and the most wins for the team since 2016.

Adding emphasis to his accomplishments was that Eck was the first UNM football coach since Rocky Long in 2002 to be named Mountain West coach of the yea

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