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Dabo is - or soon will be - CU's 2nd longest HFC
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Dabo is - or soon will be - CU's 2nd longest HFC


Apr 29, 2019, 7:16 AM

Depends on how it's officially recorded, but whatever way it is, Dabo will be the 2nd longest-serving HC of the Tigers.

Danny was HC for 11 full seasons, plus 1 other season ('78) when he was the HC in a bowl game - his 1st game as CU HC.

Dabo has coached 10 & 1/2 seasons. By the end of 2019, he'll have 11 & 1/2 seasons which should make him 2nd longest HC behind Howard. Dabo will have to coach 19 more seasons (including 2019) plus at least 7 games of the 2038 season to surpass Howard's 30 full years as HC.

It's kind of a technicality since seasons are longer now - but officially - that would be the case.

Meantime, Dabo's record is beyond remarkable:

He's already passed Danny in games & wins. Dabo - - 146 games (116 & 30). Danny - - 129 games (96-29 - 4 ties).

Top 10 finishes: 6 of last 7 years
Top 25 finishes: 9 years
Bowls and/or CFP: 9 & 5
7 ATL DIV Championships (1 was a tie)
5 ACC Championships (currently 4 straight)
2 National Championships
Record last 4 seasons: 55 & 3
Record last 7 seasons: 87 & 11
8 seasons straight with 10 wins or more
1st team to finish 15 & 0 since the late 1800s
1st HC to throw a pizza party for the world

These numbers & facts will only get better & continue to pile up. Thanks Dabo, coaches, players, staff, D-Rad & all who've made this journey so much fun!

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Apr 29, 2019, 8:35 AM

Well done, my friend! +1

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Re: Dabo is - or soon will be - CU's 2nd longest HFC


Apr 29, 2019, 10:22 AM

Good stuff. Pretty surprising considering we’ve been playing football for like 120 years. The longer the tenures the better. You don’t want to be changing coaches every 4 years.

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THANK YOU Terry Don Phillips!!


Apr 29, 2019, 10:29 AM

For seeing what most did not see and having the intestinal fortitude to do it.

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Re: Dabo is - or soon will be - CU's 2nd longest HFC


Apr 29, 2019, 10:32 AM

I would personally start it from 2009. He was named interim HC in 2008 just before the last 2 or so games in November, then named full HC after the SCar game, so didn't even HC from half a season that year.

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Re: Dabo is - or soon will be - CU's 2nd longest HFC


Apr 29, 2019, 11:05 AM

Dabo was named interim coach at the exact halfway point of the regular season in 2008.

The team was 3-3 at the time. He coached the final 7 games of the season including the bowl game.

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Re: Dabo is - or soon will be - CU's 2nd longest HFC


Apr 29, 2019, 11:25 AM [ in reply to Re: Dabo is - or soon will be - CU's 2nd longest HFC ]

Tigerman1978 brought up an interesting point on Dabo's time in 2008 as the interim HC. I looked it up in the NCAA rules & it says to be counted as a win, loss or tie for a coach - the coach must be "an interim HC or a HC."

So all of Dabo's games count - even the 6 he coached in the '08 regular season as interim and the Gator Bowl (by the Gator, Dabo had officially been named the new HC).

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