From Deseret News archives:
Ex-BYU Cougar Beck sets sights on success with Dolphins
Returning to Provo provides some solace for Beck, who, among other things, assisted with a football camp for kids Monday at Provo High School. Beck draws strength from reflecting upon his time overcoming trials as a Cougar. At training camp, which starts on July 25, he'll compete for the Dolphins' starting job.
"My time at BYU was one of the biggest learning experiences for me because we had to battle so much adversity," said Beck, who endured three non-winning seasons in his first three years in Provo before directing BYU to a conference championship in 2006.
During the off-season, Miami hired a new executive vice president of operations, Bill Parcells, and a new coach, Tony Sparano. To Beck, who started four games last season with the Dolphins, it's reminiscent of the time when Bronco Mendenhall became BYU's head coach prior to the 2005 campaign.
"I talk about how similar it is to BYU, well, it's just like the Bronco Mendenhall era coming in. It's the same exact thing," Beck said. "The things coach Parcells and coach Sparano talk about and what they bring to the Dolphins, it's almost the same. I really feel like, as frustrating as those first couple of years were for me at BYU those experiences prepared me for this. I went through a difficult transition. BYU was down and we had to get it up. Now I'm going through it again. In all, the experience I had at BYU, even those some of those losses were difficult, it was the best experience for what I'm going through now."
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