One year in, Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham is tweaking his coaching staff. He’ll head into his second year with a new offensive coordinator and a new defensive line coach.
Diron Reynolds is headed to Tempe as defensive line coach after working in the same role last season at Michigan State. He is no stranger to the Pac-12 and West Coast though, having held down the same job the previous eight years at Stanford.
Meanwhile, Marcus Arroyo will seemingly take over as offensive coordinator. He most recently served as head coach at UNLV from 2020 to 2022.
The school made a formal announcement on Reynolds but it was Arroyo first hinting at his move on social media.
“Coach Reynolds’ resume speaks for itself and his track record for success at all levels of football will help us continue to develop our program in the direction we are striving for,” said Dillingham, in a school news release. “When you look at the coaching tree he comes from, the caliber of players he has coached and the fact that he has reached the pinnacle of the sport at both the professional and collegiate levels, there truly aren’t many defensive line coaches in the country that have anywhere near the same pedigree. This is an exciting moment for our program and we look forward to welcoming Diron and his family to Tempe.”
Vince Amey, one of Dillingham’s first appointments last December when he got the head job, will move away from that coaching position but remain on staff in a defensive analyst role so he can spend more time with his young family.
Michigan State’s defensive line coach Diron Reynolds works with players before the football game against Central Michigan on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.
Reynolds was at Michigan State just the past season under embattled and then terminated coach Mel Tucker. Michigan…
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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Publish date : 2023-12-04 03:44:37
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