New Arizona State Coach Kenny Dillingham Broke Down In Tears At Introductory Press Conference

New Arizona State Coach Kenny Dillingham Broke Down In Tears At Introductory Press Conference

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On Sunday, Arizona State announced they had hired Kenny Dillingham as their next head football coach. Dillingham recently served as the offensive coordinator at Oregon. At Oregon, he made Bo Nix look like a competent quarterback and helped the Ducks to a 9-3 record in Dan Lanning’s first year there.

He will be the youngest head coach in the country at just 32 years old. And, he’s also the first Arizona State alumnus and Arizona native to ever be the head coach at the university. Needless to say, it’s a good match.

His introductory press conference was Sunday, and it got interesting.

Kenny Dillingham cried at his press conference

I think all of us have dreamt of becoming the head coach at our alma mater, and he’s getting to do it in real life. And, he was quite emotional.

It’s awesome to see a coach care that much about a place. It’s no guarantee that it will work out, but it does energize the fan base.

And, his pitch for people to get involved seems to be working. A booster already committed $1 million to NIL at his press conference.

It’s a new era in college football, and he’s quite the proof of it.