He’s the next guy up for Weber State.

The university has hired Kjar, one of the most successful high school coaches in the state’s history, to lead the football program, sources tell the Standard-Examiner. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly as of Tuesday morning.

He’s expected to be introduced as head coach at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Between nine seasons at Corner Canyon High School (2017-25) and eight at Jordan (2009-16), Kjar coached to a 181-39 (.823) record with seven state championships (Jordan 2012, Corner Canyon 2018-20, 2023-25), second-most in Utah preps history. His 48 consecutive wins from 2018-21 are the most in the state’s history by 11 games. His record at Corner Canyon finishes at 115-10.

Kjar’s reputation as a leader and offensive guru at the high school level reached unimpeachable levels in his 17 seasons as a head coach; now, he gets an opportunity to lean into the learning curve and attempt to do it in Division I football with all the recruiting, NIL and more that comes with it.

Among his list of quarterback mentorships, two first-round NFL draft picks headline Kjar’s tenure at Corner Canyon: Zach Wilson (for three years) and Jaxson Dart (for one year after his three at Roy). Kjar, 46, has also coached quarterbacks Isaac Wilson (Utah, in the transfer portal) and Devin Brown (Ohio State and Cal) to Power 4 college opportunities.

Before that, Kjar helped lead quarterback Austin Kafentzis to the greatest individual career in Utah high school history during the coach’s run at Jordan High School. From 2011-14, Kafentzis became Utah’s all-time career passer (12,929 yards) and rusher (6,749 yards) with 100 rushing touchdowns (first all-time), 37 100-yard rushing games (first), and 114 passing touchdowns (seventh).

Corner Canyon’s 2025 quarterback, Helaman Casuga, is a four-star prospect signed to Texas A&M.

Kjar’s son, Noah, was a sophomore for Weber State in 2025. The receiver played in three games before a season-ending knee injury. In 2024, he caught 16 passes for 200 yards for the season and logged a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown at Montana. Another son, Tate, has spent two seasons at Utah State with no recorded stats.

Kjar becomes the 13th head coach in Weber State football’s Division I history and would be the 12th to coach in a game. He replaces Mickey Mental, who was fired with two games left in his third season after a career 13-20 mark, including an 8-14 record in Big Sky play and 3-8 in home conference games.

Kjar is a native of Kemmerer, Wyoming. He played quarterback and receiver collegiately at Division II Wayne State in Nebraska.