In 2018, when Herman Edwards took over at Arizona State, he offered former Kansas State assistant Phil Bennett the chance to hold over from the fired Todd Grantham’s staff. But Bennett declined because he’d been suffering from back problems.
He’s been out of work ever since — at least until yesterday. Seth Littrell announced in a statement that he’d hired Bennett, now 65, as the defensive coordinator at North Texas. Bennett replaces another name with which you’re familiar — former Kansas DC Clint Bowen, whose lone year in Denton was a complete disaster.