R.I.P Dana. Saw this thread bumped and actually got excited for a possible Dimel return for a bit.
As sports fans we can be crass, throw tantrums, etc. over wins and losses, strategy, recruiting and more, but the positive impact so many of these longtime coaches have and have had on young people’s lives over decades is almost immeasurable. And a lot of them started doing it before coaching, even at the college level, was any sort of a big money game, especially at the assistant level.
A good friend of mine who worked at a bar/restaurant in MHK for a long time that Dimel and his family frequented really humanized him for me shortly after he left KSU for the final time.
Lord, have mercy. And prayers for the Dimel family and those close to him.
