Former Ole Miss Coach and SEC DC Joe Lee Dunn Passes Away

[selmaborntidefan]

It’s only beginning to trickle out in the news so I have no link beyond the fact two MSU sites with no reason to lie about something like this are saying he’s been battling Alzheimer’s for years and has finally passed. He’s been out of the game awhile and the SEC longer.

He was 75. He was the DC on those MSU teams that beat us 4 times in 5 years and was originally from Ozark.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

RIP Coach Dunn

I remember hearing his name all the way back to the Jefferson Pilot broadcasts with the "Dave's".

 

[selmaborntidefan]

This will have to suffice for now, but I've heard it from four different folks I trust who live/are employed by MSU.

https://www.facebook.com/MaroonMadnessMedia/posts/1066215870800303

 

[crimsonaudio]

Normally I'd nuke a rumor thread like this, and it's weird that there's NO news trickling out, but I'll leave this up for a bit.

 

[TideEngineer08]

He loved the blitz. Did not wear socks on the sidelines. He is firmly entrenched in the history of SEC football.

RIP, Coach Dunn.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Here we go -

Football Coach Joe Lee Dunn's Sudden Death at 75 Announced - US day News

Football Coach Joe Lee Dunn's Death News at the Age of 57 is Released. His Cause of Death is Unknown at This Time.

usdaynews.com

Sadly, the great football coach Joe Lee Dunn’s death news has been released on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. He was known for coaching from the sidelines, seldom using playsheets or headsets, and his unusual schemes as a defensive coordinator.

 

[paulpatt48]

RIP Coach Dunn.

 

[rolltide_21]

Great defensive mind. Came up with the 30 stack defensive scheme. Still widely used in small HS football. RIP.

 

[Guido]

From a bygone era when coaches were real characters. So long Coach, may peace be with you.

 

[NationalTitles18]

Rest in peace, Coach Dunn.

 

[CoolBreeze]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1453178059016843267

 

[crimsonaudio]

Sad news after all. Sorry to hear.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

RIP Coach Dunn

 

[AUDub]

RIP Coach Dunn

I remember hearing his name all the way back to the Jefferson Pilot broadcasts with the "Dave's".

"We've got a barn-burner in Lexington!"

Man, I miss the JP Sports broadcast, oversaturated colors and all. Just one of those things that made fall in the south fun growing up.

 

[bamadwain]

Very good defensive mind, never met a blitz he didn't like RIP

 

[BearFoot]

RIP to the Sockless Blitz-king…

hope there’s nobody up there holding a football…because if there is, they’re definitely not safe anymore.