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Quote of the Day: Time at ESPN Revives and Informs Mullen in Return to Coaching

Quote of the Day: Time at ESPN Revives and Informs Mullen in Return to Coaching

New York Times12-05-2025
'I feel very fortunate that I get to maybe rewrite the ending. I don't like the current ending.'
DAN MULLEN, the new football coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, reflecting on his bitter parting with the University of Florida.
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