American Idle: Five DI Head Coaches Shook Off Cobwebs and Shed Rust
April 27th, 2018 - 17:36
Jeff Capel III (Pittsburgh), Dave Dickerson (USC Upstate) and Clifford Reed (Maryland-Eastern Shore) each was in head-coaching mothballs for seven or eight seasons until being hired to direct DI schools next campaign. But they fall short of joining the following list of five active head coaches serving in non-college head coaching capacities at least 10 seasons before returning to the Division I level as a bench boss:
Active Coach Current School (Years Away) Previous DI Position (Seasons) Joe Dooley East Carolina (14) East Carolina (1995-96 through 1997-98) before hiring by FGCU Keith Dambrot Duquesne (11) Central Michigan (1990-91 and 1991-92) before hiring by Akron Todd Bozeman Morgan State (10) California (1992-93 through 1995-96) Tim Jankovich Southern Methodist (10) North Texas (1993-94 through 1996-97) before hiring by Illinois State Bobby McCullum Florida A&M (10) South Florida (2003-04 through 2006-07)