Kenny Dillingham

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Kenny Dillingham
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
TeamOregon
ConferencePac-12
Biographical details
Born (1990-04-28) April 28, 1990 (age 31)
Phoenix, Arizona
Alma materArizona State (2012)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2012Chaparral HS (AZ) (QB)
2013Chaparral HS (OC/QB)
2014–2015Arizona State (OA)
2016Memphis (GA)
2017Memphis (QB/TE)
2018Memphis (OC/QB)
2019Auburn (OC/QB)
2020–2021Florida State (OC/QB)
2022–presentOregon (OC/QB)

Kenny Dillingham (born April 28, 1990) is an American football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oregon. He previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Florida State University, Auburn University and the University of Memphis.

Coaching career[]

Early coaching career[]

Dillingham began his coaching career at 17 years old, after he tore his ACL during his senior year.[1] He started off working with the junior varsity team at Chaparral High School before being promoted to the offensive coordinator of the varsity team at 21 years old.[2] While he was coaching at Chaparral, he went to Arizona State University, graduating in 2012 with a degree in business/economics. He was hired to be an offensive assistant at Arizona State in 2014 under offensive coordinator Mike Norvell, who he had met while coaching at Chaparral.[2]

Memphis[]

After Norvell was hired to be the head coach at Memphis in 2016, Dillingham was hired as a graduate assistant for the Tigers.[3] Dillingham spent the 2016 season as the de facto quarterbacks coach, since the team did not have an official quarterbacks coach. After Tigers offensive coordinator Chip Long left to be the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame, Dillingham was named the official quarterbacks coach for Memphis and added tight ends coach to his duties for 2017. After Long's successor Darrell Dickey left for Texas A&M, Dillingham was promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2018 season. In 2017-2018 Memphis offense was back to back top 5 offenses in college football. While at Memphis Dillingham was rated the #1 recruiter in conference by the 247 recruiter rankings.[4]

Auburn[]

Dillingham was hired to be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn in 2019, replacing. Chip Lindsey.[5][6] During his time at Auburn he helped Bo Nix become the SEC Rookie of the Year. While also being the most improved offense in the SEC. His final game vs Alabama the offense put up 48 points. Which is the most points scored on a Nick Saban defense. He spent one season with the Tigers, where they recorded a 9-3 record. Auburn also had its highest recruiting ranking in the 247 recruiting ranking era during Dillingham’s year as OC.

Florida State[]

After Norvell left Memphis to be the next head coach at Florida State, Dillingham departed Auburn to join Florida State as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, replacing Kendal Briles.[7][8][9]

Oregon[]

On December 17, 2021, Dillingham was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oregon under head coach Dan Lanning.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "FSU OC Kenny Dillingham on the 'offense built for playmakers'". Noles247. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  2. ^ a b Vitale, Josh. "Who is Kenny Dillingham? A few things to know about Auburn's new offensive coordinator". The Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  3. ^ "Norvell Adds Two to Staff". University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  4. ^ "Norvell Announces Staff Additions and Promotions". University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ Goldberg, Rob (2018-12-09). "Auburn Reportedly Hires Memphis' Kenny Dillingham as Offensive Coordinator". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  6. ^ "Auburn hires Memphis' Dillingham as OC/QB coach". al. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ "Source: OC Kenny Dillingham leaving Auburn for FSU". al. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ Taylor, John (2019-12-11). "Ex-Auburn OC Kenny Dillingham officially hired at Florida State". CollegeFootballTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ Weiler, Curt. "Auburn offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham joining FSU staff". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ^ "Lanning hires Kenny Dillingham as Offensive Coordinator". Oregon Ducks. December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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