FRIANT, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno State football team held its inaugural Media Day at Table Mountain Casino Resort on Monday, July 20.<\/p>\n
Head coach Matt Entz, both offensive & defensive coordinators, and 14 players spoke to local and national media. They previewed the 2026 season, recapped an eventful offseason, and shared a bit more about themselves.<\/p>\n
For example, did you know DC Nick Benedetto played college football at Sioux Falls… for a former Fresno State head coach named Kalen DeBoer?<\/p>\n
Among the highlights of Fresno State football Media Day: Defensive coordinator Nick Benedetto explained why Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer helped convince him to move to Fresno.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Yes – the architect of Fresno State’s best defense since 1992 calls an offensive mastermind like DeBoer his mentor. Go figure!<\/p>\n
The Media Day offered Bulldog fans the opportunity to learn more about the coaches and players they will cheer on in the fall.<\/p>\n
With 14 returning starters (most in the PAC-12) from last year’s 9-win football season, the bond in the locker room is closer than ever.<\/p>\n
Several players pointed it out as a reason they chose to stay at Fresno State instead of seeking bigger opportunities in the transfer portal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRIANT, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno State football team held its inaugural Media Day at Table Mountain Casino…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-408782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}