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The Rocky Era Ends
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Rocky Long, coach of the University of New Mexico Lobos for 11 years, paces the sidelines as the Lobos trail New Mexico State at Aggie Memorial Stadium on Sept. 27. The Lobos finished 4-8 for the season. Long resigned as head coach on Nov. 17, 2008.

Rocky: Take This Job And ...
By Rick Wright / Journal Staff Writer
Rocky Long, citing disappointment in his program's failure to reach the top and in the community's lukewarm support of that quest, resigned on Monday as the University of New Mexico's head football coach. Saying he's a "damn good football coach," he chastised fans for not showing more support for the Lobos -- win or lose. Long kept his emotions in check during the hastily called news conference while discussing the disappointing 2008 season that led him to resign.

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...of former coach Rocky Long. That the two were in Albuquerque, checking out the campus, alone is a positive sign for the Lobos. Rivals.com recruiting analyst Barton Simmons wrote a story, talking to ...
July 4th, 2009
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...Redshirt freshman wide receiver Andre McQueen has left the University of New Mexico football program, coach Mike Locksley said Monday. McQueen, who was recruited to UNM by former head coach Rocky Long...
June 30th, 2009
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#...These are the times that try a first-year college head football coach’s patience — and, maybe, make him wonder just what was so bad about that coordinator’s job.Spring practice is a dim, distant...
June 17th, 2009
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...er former coach Rocky Long. Both Bell and McQueen are on scholarship.  ...
June 15th, 2009
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#...er former coach Rocky Long. Nor should one such incident, considering the past, be held against Locksley.Still, here’s a quote from the new coach from signing day in February: “... We were going t...
June 10th, 2009
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... two years, and Rocky Long has put the football program on solid ground, it is way premature to be thinking about upgrading to a stronger conference. UNM needs to establish a winning trend over the lo...
June 1th, 2009
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#... 9. He replaced Rocky Long, who resigned a month earlier after 11 seasons.Locksley, a former offensive coordinator at the University of Illinois, is a first-time head coach.He hired all new assistant ...
May 29th, 2009
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#...-departed coach Rocky Long. At least two, Jarrod Baxter and Ryan Cook, went on to play in the NFL. And UNM’s offer, Dekker admits, was tempting.“I grew up a Lobo, the biggest fan ever,” he said....
May 27th, 2009
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#...And, of course, Rocky Long.Some of the above Lobo QBs were good passers. Others, not so much.But, oh, my, how they could run. The running quarterback has been almost as much a tradition at UNM as bask...
May 20th, 2009
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...of former coach Rocky Long.“When Rocky resigned, he knew his APR numbers at that point, that he beat the APR,” Martinez said. “It probably killed him not to be able to say it at his last press c...
May 7th, 2009
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... Rocky Long had his critics during his 11-year stint as UNM's head football coach. Few if any of those, however, ever questioned his status as one of the college game's most creative defensive mi...
April 27th, 2009
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...ive coordinator Rocky Long says by phone from San Diego. Long might be remembered around here as UNM's head coach the past 11 years. Quin says he's getting the same inquiries about playing safety. ...
April 25th, 2009
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#...NM predecessor, Rocky Long, and that of his boss at Illinois, Ron Zook.Long imposed few restrictions on his own accessibility or that of his players.In contrast, one Chicago sports writer labeled Illi...
April 24th, 2009
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#...er former coach Rocky Long produced 97 plays and 496 total yards. The QBs combined to go 39-of-69 passing for 577 yards and one interception - compared with a 21-of-45 outing for 373 yards without an...
April 19th, 2009
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...4-3 Alignment Gives Them Chance To Cause HavocFor Carmen Messina, there’s nothing like having the leeway to roam.Same goes for Trey Hardaway and the rest of the University of New Mexico football tea...
April 16th, 2009
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#... rule under the Rocky Long regime at UNM. Take out those three, and the best season mustered by a wide receiver since 2000 was Dwight Counter’s 43 receptions and 774 yards in 2001.Last year, Chris H...
April 14th, 2009
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#...er former coach Rocky Long.“It’s always going to be a work in progress,” Locksley said, “but I’m starting to see the offense play with a little more emotion. That’s what we’re looking to...
April 12th, 2009
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#...er former coach Rocky Long, the cornerbacks  played man-to-man coverage to allow the rest of the team to apply pressure to the quarterback.Each was “on an island,” all alone in coverage with a re...
April 7th, 2009
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#...nted head coach Rocky Long, does that. Nor did the Lobos light up the scoreboard, as Locksley promised they would when he was hired back in December. The defense dominated Saturday's workout, reversi...
April 5th, 2009
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#...cruit.McKay and Rocky Long never had much in common, other than having worked at UNM at the same time. But Long, the Lobos’ head football coach for 11 years, never made it a secret he was more comfo...
April 3th, 2009
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#...rmer head coach Rocky Long tended to tip the scales.Thursday, the Lobos ran 74 plays, and the passing statistics are what stood out in defining the new Locksley era.Six quarterbacks combined to comple...
April 2th, 2009
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...ew Mexico coach Rocky Long as his right-hand Vader. Does that make offensive coordinator Al Borges Jabba the Hutt? The trio must introduce a toughness not seen at the program in quite some time.2008 R...
March 31th, 2009
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...ew Mexico coach Rocky Long did with the Lobos last season. The triple-option keeps the Falcons competitive; perhaps a defensive twist will get them closer to the MWC elite....
March 27th, 2009
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...piracy theorist Rocky Long.“I’m not a big guy to complain about the scheduling,” first-year UNM coach Mike Locksley said, “because I have no control over it, and that’s what we tell our team...
March 27th, 2009
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...Front four laud new defensive scheme The Pittsburgh Steelers had the Steel Curtain. The Los Angeles Rams had the Fearsome Foursome. The Minnesota Vikings had the Purple People Eaters.A nickname doesn...
March 27th, 2009
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#...d by head coach Rocky Long. His successors under Long — Dan Dodd, Bob Toledo and Dave Baldwin — all preferred to huddle up. The only no-huddle run by the Lobos was during two-minute drills or befo...
March 27th, 2009
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...er former coach Rocky Long, UNM developed a pattern of fielding stronger teams in odd-numbered years, so Locksley inherits a pretty good nucleus. Learning an entirely new system by next fall, however,...
March 26th, 2009
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#...er former coach Rocky Long. “It’s going to get us in great shape and help us in the long run in the fourth quarter and help us win some ballgames.”Lost in the offseason coaching staff switch rem...
March 25th, 2009
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...er former coach Rocky Long to the 4-3.“I think the good thing Rocky did was his defense was an aggressive, attacking defense,” he said. “That part of what we do on defense won’t change. I thin...
March 24th, 2009
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...11th-year coach Rocky Long. Locksley, officially hired Dec. 9, brings his version of the no-huddle, spread offense that enjoyed tremendous success the previous four years during his tenure as Illinoi...
March 22th, 2009
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#...Alford Says Young Lobos Will BenefitIf it was football season, this would be quite a coup for the University of New Mexico.Games against Nebraska and Notre Dame back-to-back? And the first of those at...
March 19th, 2009
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#...amed to replace Rocky Long at UNM.“My teammates here have embraced me,” said Meiko.Mike Locksley might have eliminated concerns about any hiccups in the recruiting as a result of the move by letti...
March 11th, 2009
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#...er former coach Rocky Long. Gone is the power-based weight-training that revolved around four basic lifts. So, too, is the conditioning regimen that centered on 7-on-7 drills. Gone is the possibilit...
March 8th, 2009
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Written by: Martin Salazar
#... football coach Rocky Long, athletics boss Paul Krebs and President David Schmidly insisted in November that the coach wasn't nudged out after 11 years on the job. "Paul and (UNM President David Schmi...
March 7th, 2009
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#...The words normally would be innocuous enough to blend with the rest of the conversation at any other school than the University of New Mexico.Here, the words are a conversation stopper ... and starter...
March 6th, 2009
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#... Lobo game when Rocky Long was coach.The play-by-play guy could pitch to the field, saying, “now to a postgame interview with Rocky and Bollwinkel.”I’d bet Boris and Natasha would love to hear t...
March 5th, 2009
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...nis Franchione, Rocky Long and Mike Locksley. ...
February 27th, 2009
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...nis Franchione, Rocky Long and Mike Locksley....
February 27th, 2009
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...ues. Then-coach Rocky Long suspended him for the season in early November that year. Thompson Lobbies For Changes In BCS     WASHINGTON — The commissioner of the Mountain West Conference met wit...
February 21th, 2009
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...The new sheriff in town brought in a new philosophy in recruiting that, on paper, makes the University of New Mexico football team’s latest class as strong as any in recent memory.More impressive is...
February 5th, 2009
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Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories

1. ABQJOURNAL OPINION/LETTERS: THE RIGHT FIT

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 THE RIGHT FIT       What Was UNM's Gameplan? THE RECENT revelation that athletics director Paul Krebs asked coach Rocky Long to resign raises serious questions. It is beyond comprehension how Krebs could commit UNM to a new contract just three months prior to asking for ...
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2. ABQJOURNAL OPINION/EDITORIALS: Teamwork Impressive at UNM's Top Level

... of the University of New Mexico and the school's top athletics official “have been nothing but supportive to me,” football coach Rocky Long said in announcing his departure.        And Paul Krebs, vice president for athletics, could say much the same thing about President David Schmidly ...
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3. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Did Rocky Bail, or Was He Pushed?

... , or Was He Pushed? By Martin Salazar Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           University of New Mexico football coach Rocky Long, athletics boss Paul Krebs and President David Schmidly insisted in November that the coach wasn't nudged out after 11 years on the job.    ...
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4. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/XGR: Bill To End Big Payouts Delayed

... - A measure that would prohibit large sums from being paid to public employees who resign or are fired for cause - informally dubbed the Rocky Long bill - was slowed down by questions Monday.        Amid concerns the bill might have unintended consequences on how contracts are carried ...
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5. ABQJOURNAL OPINION/EDITORIALS: Cut Taxpayers' Cord To Golden Parachutes

... with a buyout of $200,000. Albuquerque Public Schools paid Brad Allison $350,000 to leave the superintendent's office. Lobo football coach Rocky Long led three college sports peers with a $677,500 score. The richest buyout was the $713,000 the University of New Mexico paid ex-President Louis Caldera ...
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6. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: No More Golden Parachutes?

... Rehm, R-Albuquerque, said that, like his constituents, he gets upset when he hears of someone like former University of New Mexico football coach Rocky Long voluntarily resigning and walking away with a huge chunk of money.     "I don't know about you, but every time I resigned and walked out the door ...
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7. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: UNM Appeals Case Groundbreaking

... scholarship offers.        The school last year admitted to three counts of academic fraud involving two assistant football coaches on former coach Rocky Long's staff.        Long was cleared of any wrongdoing in the infractions, which took place from 2004-05. Krebs said the NCAA recently has decided ...
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8. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Locksley Stamps Program

... time has made this possible.”        The new staff also delivered a message that differed, at least in the translation, from former coach Rocky Long's approach.        “It's been my philosophy - and I've told every one of these kids that they have to come in with the mind ...
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9. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Locksley Mines Familiar Sources

... that we didn't know enough about and that we didn't have any background on."     Locksley's process could help UNM avoid the problems former coach Rocky Long had in his first year, when only seven of the 23 players in his initial recruiting class completed their eligibility.     "When I was at Illinois ...
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10. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: National Media Has Wrong Focus

... that is Lobo football, he conveniently omitted that UNM was the only Mountain West school to be bowl-eligible from 2001-07 and had a 49-38 under Rocky Long during that span.        Franchione took over a program in shambles. Locksley isn't.        All that's left is for Locksley and Walker to ...
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