LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-- Nevada offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Matt Mumme is one of 59 nominees for the annual Broyles Award recognizing the top NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Division I assistant coach.

In 2021, Mumme has led a Wolf Pack attack that features the No. 4 passing offense in the country. Under Coach Mumme's leadership, QB Carson Strong has developed into one of the top quarterbacks in the country. Strong is 4th in the nation in passing yards per game (354.7), 9th in the country in passing touchdowns (28), and 9th in completion percentage (70.5). 

Mumme's air-raid offense puts a focus on possession and quick-strike passing abilities. It also leads the Mountain West in points per game (34.9), passing yards per game (373.7), and is 3rd in total offense (437.8). 

During the 2020 campaign, the Pack led by Carson Strong put together one of the top seasons of any signal-caller in the nation. Strong became the first Nevada player to be named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, and was named to the All-Mountain West First Team, pacing the conference in passing yards (2,858), passing touchdowns (27), and completion percentage (70.1).

Nationally, Strong ranked in the FBS top 10 in completions per game (27.7, second), passing yards per game (317.6, seventh), completion percentage (seventh), and touchdown passes (ninth), while coming in 11th in passing yards.

Mumme's work with Strong began with the quarterback's ascension to the QB1 spot in 2019. Strong made 10 starts in the Wolf Pack's 13 games, and, under Mumme's guidance, racked up 2,335 passing yards and tossed 11 touchdown passes. Strong completed 63.4 percent of his passes in 2019, which was good for third-best in the Mountain West, and his 233.5 passing yards per game also ranked in the top five in the conference. In the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Strong had his best performance of the season, throwing for a Nevada bowl game record 402 yards.

In 2018, Mumme's second season as the offensive play-caller, the Wolf Pack increased its production in many statistical categories including passing offense, scoring offense, total offense, and red zone offense. Nevada ranked in the top five in the Mountain West in each of these categories and was a top 25 team nationally in passing offense at 278.8 yards per pass. In the 2018 season opener against Portland State, Mumme's offense put up 72 points, which was the most by a Wolf Pack team at home since 1991 and tied for second-most in Mountain West history.

A national selection committee will select 15 semifinalists, five finalists, and the national winner. Now in its 25^th year, the Broyles Award was created in 1996 recognizing the legacy of College Football Hall of Fame coach Frank Broyles.