Best of the Bus: Kenny Dillingham On Why ASU Is His Dream Job & Why Tradition Doesn't Matter In College Football

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Recorded: April 15th 2023 | On this episode of Best of the Bus, the boys were on the road for their 2023 Spring Tour in Tempe and sat down with Kenny Dillingham, head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Coach Dillingham breaks down the idea behind naming Will Compton and Taylor Lewan as head coaches for the ASU spring game, and explains why creativity and innovation are essential when recruiting elite, five-star talent to Arizona State. He talks about changing perceptions, building belief, and showing recruits that ASU is a destination worth buying into.

Dillingham also reflects on his coaching journey, including how Assistant Head Coach Charlie Ragle helped get him started, and why the Arizona State job is his dream role. He makes it clear this is where he wants to be, and where he plans to stay.

From facility upgrades and NIL growth to long-term vision and culture, Coach Dillingham lays out his blueprint for the future of Sun Devil football. His energy, passion, and belief in the program are impossible to miss, and by the end of this episode, you just might find yourself rooting for Arizona State.

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0:37.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of the Buston with the
0:39.6	Boy's Spring Tour.
0:40.6	We are with Coach Dillingham.
0:42.7	Do you want to talk about what just happened out there?
0:45.5	You guys are seeing the first few interviews.
0:47.4	I assume that's how we're going to drop them.
0:48.8	Yeah.
0:49.4	But Battle of the Boys spring game champions.
0:53.7	That one hurts too. Team Maroon. Team Compton. I'll tell you, I'm never won in ASU Stadium. I'm never won in Sun Devil Stadium ever. I've a state championship, dummy 38 to 0. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, dummy like 44, 13 against Kansas State. Ooh. But this one hurts the most. A state championship and a bowl game. And this one hurts the most. Go back to Arizona. Where I'm from, Shaptown. Coach DeLyham goes to Shaftown. Charlie Rago's my head coach. And it's like, I legit thought you guys were going to really make it so I could win.
1:28.6	Yeah, we're about character.
1:43.1	I needed to win. The other day, I lost this quarterback challenge. And, like, you can just tell Taylor and I, low-key, are super competitive against each other. I'm glad about that quarterback challenge. I do have that. Yeah, you do have that. And low key when we put the headsets on everything I was just telling the boys like hey
1:44.5	We gotta win this fucking game
1:46.6	You guys understand that right
1:48.2	No Yeah, you do have that. And low key when we put the headsets on all and everything, I was just telling the boys, like, hey, we got to win this fucking game.
1:46.9	You guys understand that, right? I haven't catching too many ws, dude. I feel like an L was in my future. I had to take one. Yeah, what was it at the end? 1715 and they're fucking, I'm kneeling at the coordinator. I'm like, no, we're not taking a knee.
1:58.8	We're running the ball.
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