ASU HC Kenny Dillingham Tells CFB Coaches Complaining About NIL, Transfers to ‘Quit’

Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham doesn’t have much time for coaches who bristle at adapting to the current landscape in college athletics.

“I literally spent nine years of my life doing anything to become a coffee boy,” he said on Bickley & Marotta Mornings on Arizona Sports. “So, don’t give me the, ‘Oh, it’s hard to be a coach right now.’ Yeah, it’s hard. Then quit.”

Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Mike Boynton was similarly dismissive of complaints about how the job has evolved thanks to NIL and the transfer portal. He recounted the painstaking process of recruiting Cade Cunningham to the Cowboys and contrasted that with how an NIL deal can fast-track things.