Kenny Dillingham Explains Why Tradition Doesnt Matter In College Football & Why ASU Is His Dream Job

Recorded: April 15th 2023 | In this episode of our Arizona State spring tour, we sat down with head coach, Kenny Dillingham. Coach talks about what made him think of the idea to have Will and Taylor as head coaches for the spring game. He dives into how he has to be creative and innovative when it comes to recruiting tactics to let 5-star recruits know that it is okay to go to ASU.

Dillingham talks about his start in coaching and how is now assistant head coach, Charlie Ragle, got him into it all. Coach gets into how the Arizona State job is his dream job and this is exactly where he wants to be and doesn't plan on leaving.

He has a vision for where he wants this program to be with the upgrades to facilities and getting more NIL money. In this interview, it is very obvious how fired up he is to be here and the buy in is definitely there. By the end of this you may be a new Arizona State fan. Enjoy.


:37 Recap the spring game
3:15 How of you compete with all of the schools that have tradition
4:29 How do you sell ASU when money isn’t poured into your facilities
5:14 What made him want to do Bussin Spring Game
6:30 How do you change Tempe from a NFL town to a College football town
7:33 What made him to get into coaching
8:49 What is the relationship with Ragle since he used to be his coach
11:18 Why ASU is your dream job
13:52 What does he attribute his success too as such a young head coach and what has helped him gain that mindset
17:03 Using social media as a tool
19:34 PAC-12 coaches he could beat in a fight
20:55 Coaching in the NFL?
23:45 How do you go about using NIL in recruiting
25:00 “Activate the valley” meaning

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