(WGR 550) -- The University at Buffalo's quest for a new football coach may have begun with an undefeated program in Southern Ohio, while a current Bull has reached out to the Jayhawks regarding their new coach, Turner Gill
According to a Rodney McKissic report in The Buffalo News, UB has interviewed Cincinnati offensive coordinator/interim head coach Jeff Quinn about its vacant head coach position. Quinn has been paired with new Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly for 21-plus seasons including his stints with the Bearcats, Grand Valley State and Central Michigan. Fun fact: he coached a national champion wrestler at Ohio Northern in 1986.
Meanwhile, KUSports.com is reporting that UB defensive lineman Dane Robinson (pictured above, kissing trophy) sent an email to several members of the Kansas football team to inform them of the quality they're getting in former Bulls boss Gill. When you consider that Robinson was suspended for two games to start the year by Gill for violating team policy, his words may carry even more weight:
"I just wanted to say to you guys over at KU that you guys are getting a great football coach and should keep your worries minimal. I know that this transition doesnt come off good parting terms with your former coach and I know change can be a scary thing sometimes not knowing what your really getting. But same was the case when I was a freshman back in 2005 and Coach Gill was just as new to me and he is going to be to you.
"Now I am a senior and he has transformed everything we do here at Buffalo, how we carry ourselves, how we view the game of football, and how we view ourselves as football players. If he has taught us anything here at UB it was to believe, believe in ourselves, believe in this program, and believe in each other. His philosophy and style will always be to treat each one of you guys as people first, players second. He's going you help you use football as a catalyst to better yourself in your life right now and after football.
"Keep your minds and hearts open to everything that he has to offer you guys. I'll leave you with just one last thought from our mission statement "UB Stands for U BELIEVE" that Coach Gill implemented when he first arrived here, from the acronym B-E-L-I-E-V-E where each letter stood for what this program was going to be all about: B-Believe in each other and the things not yet seen. We did and it has taken us as players, as a team, as a program, and as a community to great things. Good luck to each and every one of you.
Dane Robinson #92"
Robinson registered 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack in 10 games played for the Bulls this year. He made 58 tackles and 3.5 sacks during his time in Buffalo.
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