(Photo: Jack Simon/ WCSN) Gene Nudo is often seen walking along the perimeter of the fields at the Bill Kajikawa Practice Fields when the Arizona State football team holds its Tuesday and Wednesday practices. However, Gene Nudo is neither an ASU player nor a coach, rather, he’s a retired arena football
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Kenny Dillingham is trying to avoid the reality show
From “The Kardashians” to “The Real Housewives” franchise, reality television owns American airwaves. The unexpected twists and turns, the drama, the warped reflection of the real world; it keeps viewers coming back for more, season after season. If you were to ask Arizona State football head coach Kenny Dillingham what he
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The Status of ASU Football after four weeks of practice
(Photo: Maya Diaz/WCSN) TEMPE — As Arizona State football has spent its last four weeks preparing for the upcoming season, the shape of the team is starting to come into place. Some position groups already knew the answer to any potential questions coming into the spring, chugging along without any snags in
‘It’s hard for him to sit still’: Dillingham adjusting to head coaching responsibilities
(Photo: Grace Johnson/WCSN) Whenever a coaching regime first takes the helm of a football program, many adjustments need to be made. Players often must learn a playbook and philosophy, develop chemistry with new teammates and buy into a culture that is sometimes entirely unlike the one they were a part of
Observations from Arizona State football’s 2023 Spring Game
(Photo: Xavier Litman/WSCN) TEMPE — Since being introduced as the next head coach of Arizona State Football, Kenny Dillingham’s goal was simple, to “activate the Valley,” which he hopes will support the program and lead to a high-intensity atmosphere during its campaign. Although four months separate the Sun Devils from the season