Arizona State names Oregon OC and Scottsdale native Kenny Dillingham as Head Coach. At 32 years old Dillingham not only becomes the youngest HC in the nation, but the first one born in the 1990s. (I remember when the community college I started at similarly noted their first student born in the 1990s.)
By all accounts Dillingham is a good, hardworking guy, but in taking the ASU opening he’s set up for failure given the looming NCAA investigation and the two straight seasons of rock bottom recruiting. ASU might turn into a lengthy rebuilding job, and if so, if the admin knows this, Kenny Dillingham is the type of hire made if both parties know this is a lame duck hire.
Instead of the usual dynamic of an interim acting as a head coach, Dillingham's hire is the reverse - a head coach hired to act as a functional, place holding interim until the potential NCAA penalties and aftermath resolve.
I say that, but don't think it's exactly the case because I have zero faith in ASU AD Ray Anderson attributing this much complexity to his decision. He's too obtuse. RA more likely believes he's hiring a bright young gun while Dillingham -
"hey, why not!" - is waking up feeling like Jeff Saturday.
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