By hiring Kenny Dillingham, ASU gambles on a known quantity, at least to the Sun Devils. That's not a bad thing.
ASU announces Kenny Dillingham as the new head football coach.seems like an earnest young man, and in the press conference Sunday to introduce him as Arizona State’s new football coach, we learned that he has a deep love for the university and the salsa at Ajo Al’s.
Hiring a college football coach is a dicey proposition, and history has shown that judging a hire in the days after the first press conference is foolish.Arizona’s hiring of Jedd Fisch two years ago was nearly unanimously panned by critics. USA Today ranked him 14Fisch had no head coaching experience and the resume of a vagabond, but he’s proving to be the right man for the job.
The program fell apart and Edwards had to pack up his office after a loss to Eastern Michigan in September. But he went 16-31 overall at Nebraska and 10-26 in the Big Ten. The Huskers were 5-22 in games decided by eight points or fewer and 0-14 against ranked opponents. Frost was fired in September after a loss to Georgia Southern.
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