<P> In the year 2000, San Diego State became a charter member of the Mountain West Conference . </P> <P> In December 2008, Hoke was hired as the 17th head football coach at San Diego State University . Hoke signed a five - year contract with a guaranteed payment of $3,525,000, plus incentives for hitting revenue marks and bowl berths . San Diego State was also required to pay $240,000 to buy out the remaining two years on Hoke's contract at Ball State . San Diego State compiled a 2--10 record the year before Hoke arrived . In 2009, Hoke led the Aztecs to a record of 4--8 . During the 2010 season, Hoke's team improved to 9--4 . Two of the Aztecs' losses in 2010 came in close matches against ranked opponents . The Aztecs gave the undefeated, #2 TCU team its closest game of the regular season, losing by a score of 40--35 . Hoke's team also lost a close game against No. 12 Missouri by a score of 27--24 . The team concluded its season with a convincing 35--14 win over Navy in the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl . Prior to the 2010 season, San Diego State had not won nine games in a season since 1977 when they went 10--1 finishing 16th in the API and had not played in a bowl game since the 1998 team lost in the Las Vegas Bowl . After the 2010 season, a reporter for the Orange County Register wrote that Hoke had given San Diego State "swagger ." </P> <P> After Hoke accepted the head coaching job at Michigan defensive coordinator Rocky Long was immediately named the new head coach . Rocky Long served as the head coach of New Mexico 1998--2008 where he compiled 65 victories and 5 bowl game appearances in 10 years . During his first 5 years as head coach of the Aztecs (2011--2015) he has led the Aztecs to 5 consecutive bowl games and won San Diego State's first MW title in 2012 (shared), followed by an outright MW Championship in 2015 . As of January 1, 2016, he has a 43--23 overall record as head coach of the Aztecs with a 30--9 conference record . In 2015, San Diego State earned an 11--3 record under Long, culminating with an impressive 42--7 victory over Cincinnati . </P> <P> With the backing of San Diego State's "Win 21" campaign, the Aztecs notched their 21st conference championship in 2016 by winning the Mountain West championship game vs. the Wyoming Cowboys </P>

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