How Miami offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson emerged from nowhere
The architect of the Hurricane offense began his career grinding for a job at Southeastern Louisiana.
Dykes reached the national championship game in the 2022 season with a band of overachievers, beating Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl, but ran into a buzzsaw in Georgia. Mumme said Miami was always one of the places he and Leach long dreamed of seeing their offense with the type of athletes they could attract. Leach wanted the Hurricanes job but could never land it. Dawson got there, with a team loaded with five-star recruits and elite Florida talent such as Malachi Toney.
"This is what we always wanted," Mumme said. "None of us ever got the opportunity."
But now, there's another generation with a new chance. Mumme saw this taking shape at Strawberry Field against the Boll Weevils. And on Monday, against No. 1 Indiana, Dawson will take the field with the same offense, taught with the same drills he learned back on those Division III fields in Mississippi and Louisiana. And Mumme thinks we would be wise not to underestimate him.
"Shannon Dawson's the salt of the earth," Mumme said. "I would bet on him in anything."
I was just thinking this.....
Give me Dawson in this game. Indiana has a bunch of young home grown good coaches. They don't have the experience to fall back on like Dawson. He's over there watching tape and knows exactly how to get our guys some space. Would not be surprised if all the Air Raid guys are sending him tips this week.
Let's go Big Dawg Dawson. Get us 30! Boots Laced!
You telling me Ole Air Raid coach can't get 30 stinkin points? Light work compared to his WVU daysIf we get 30…..
I legitimately think we will get to 30+.If we get 30…..
Just to run it up the *** Gap****, Dawson worked with colorful characters.
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But he has said he's willing to settle in and do whatever is necessary to win, such as when Carson Beck came to him and suggested they just start leaning on the inside run in the second half of that game. Dawson has had a career filling stat sheets with gaudy numbers. Now he's just fine with doing whatever it takes to win.
"I've been a coordinator now for 17, 18 years," Dawson said. "The one thing that I've learned is to swallow my ego."