Deflated, devastated and dismantled.
Those are just a few words to describe the 2018 season for the Central Michigan football team. Now-former head coach John Bonamego had his team at 1-11 on the season, the worst finish in program history – dating back to when it all began in 1896.
Bonamego was fired hours after a 51-13 loss to Toledo on Nov. 23, leaving CMU with an even larger void – a head coach.
While CMU was losing three top recruits from the state of Detroit and junior cornerback Sean Bunting to the 2019 NFL Draft, CMU Athletic Director Michael Alford was on the road in pursuit of a new man for Mount Pleasant to call coach.