Table of Biography
Kenny Dillingham is a notable American football coach. Kenny Dillingham is currently serving as the head football coach at Arizona State University. Moreover, he has held the position of offensive coordinator in the past at the University of Memphis, Florida State University, Auburn University, and the University of Oregon.
Early Life and Education
Kenny Dillingham was born on April 20, 1998, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. His age is currently 25 years old. He was born to his father John Dillingham but his mother’s details are not available. He has a sibling brother named Kyle Dillingham. Likewise, he holds American nationality but his ethnicity is unknown. According to his birthdate, he was born under the birth sign Taurus. Other than this there is no information about his early life and childhood.
As for his educational history, he completed his primary-level education at Chaparral High School. Later, he attended Arizona State University, where he earned a business and economics major and graduated in 2012.
Career and Professional Life
Professionally, Kenny is an American football coach. Dillingham started coaching at the age of 17, following an ACL injury he sustained during his senior year of high school. At Chaparral High School, he first assisted the junior varsity team before being elevated to the position of offensive coordinator for the varsity team at the age of 21. While coaching at Chaparral, he attended Arizona State University, where he earned a degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2012. He met offensive coordinator Mike Norvell while coaching at Chaparral and was hired to be an offensive assistant at Arizona State in 2014.
Caption: Kenny Dillingham was captured during the match
Source: The Athletic
Memphis
Dillingham joined the Tigers as a graduate assistant in 2016 after Norvell was appointed head coach of Memphis. Since the team lacked a designated quarterbacks coach for 2016, Dillingham served as the position’s de facto head coach. Dillingham was appointed the official quarterback’s coach for Memphis in 2016 and added tight ends coach to his responsibilities for 2017. This was after Tigers offensive coordinator Chip Long left to become the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.
For the 2018 campaign, Dillingham was promoted to offensive coordinator after Long’s replacement Darrell Dickey departed for Texas A&M. Memphis had consecutive top-5 college football offenses in 2017 and 2018 (Memphis). Dillingham was ranked as the top recruiter in the conference while a student at Memphis by the 247 Recruiter rankings.
Auburn
Gus Malzahn hired Dillingham to take Chip Lindsey’s place as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn in 2019. While at Auburn, he led the league’s most-improved offense and assisted Bo Nix in winning the SEC Rookie of the Year award. He played for the Tigers for one season, during which time they went 9-3 and averaged 33.2 points per game. During Dillingham’s tenure as OC, Auburn also attained its highest recruiting ranking in the era of the 247 recruiting rankings.
Florida State
Dillingham left Auburn to join Florida State as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, taking Kendal Briles’ place as Florida State’s head coach after Norvell left Memphis to become the next head coach at Florida State.
Oregon
Dillingham was appointed by head coach Dan Lanning to the position of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oregon on December 17, 2021.
Arizona State
Dillingham succeeded Herm Edwards as the 26th head coach of Arizona State University on November 27, 2022. He holds this position as the first native Arizonan and former Sun Devil to do so.
Kenny Dillingham- Net Worth 2023
This professional American football coach has earned a hefty sum of money throughout his successful career. He has a net worth of $4 million as of 2023. Likewise, his annual salary is $1 million. The prime source of his income is football coaching.
Personal Life
Kenny Dillingham is a straight-gender person. As for his marital affair, he is a married man. He got married to his beautiful wife, Briana Plimpton. This beautiful couple got engaged in December 2016. Likewise, they exchanged wedding vows in February 2018. They are the parents of a cute little baby boy but his details are not disclosed at the moment.
Caption: Kenny Dillingham with his wife and son
Source: Twitter
Social Media
Reflecting on his social media presence, Kenny Dillingham is only active on Twitter. He joined Twitter on March 2010 and has more than 70.4K followers on his account ‘@KennyDillingham’. However, he is not active on other social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and so on.
Kenny Dillingham- Body Measurements
Talking about his physical stats, Kenny Dillingham has an athletic body type. He stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches and has a weight of 55kg. Likewise, his body measurements are 34-26-36 inches (chest-waist-hip). Similarly, he has a pair of blonde eyes with brown colored hair.