Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham signed a new contract with the Sun Devils on Saturday morning, and in turn, he will no longer be a candidate for Michigan’s vacant head coaching position.
While representatives from Michigan and Dillingham’s
agent were in communication, Dillingham says Michigan never offered him the job.
“I think every time these things open, my agent, everybody talks to everybody,” Dillingham said. “That’s how that process works from that perspective. But for me, I never got offered a job. None of that ever, ever happened, and it never got to that point.”
Despite not being offered and signing a new deal at ASU, Dillingham had glowing things to say about Michigan.
“Michigan’s an unbelievable job with unlimited resources, with people who will do whatever they can to make it successful, who want to see it succeed. Somebody’s going to get an unbelievable opportunity. The same thing I said a week ago — an unbelievable opportunity to take over one of the best programs in the country, who are resourced as one of the best programs in the country with one of the best rosters in the country. I have nothing but respect for them. I’ve got a couple of family members, and my wife’s best friends all went to Michigan, so I have nothing but respect, and I know they’ll find somebody who’s unbelievable.”
It seems like Michigan had Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer as Plan A and isn’t in an immediate rush to decide what Plan B is after Bama beat Oklahoma on Friday night, extending the Crimson Tide’s season. Obviously, Dillingham wasn’t even Plan B for the Wolverines.
