New Coach, Big Crowds: Marion Wildcats Football Turns the Page
Dunning runs his first practice as head coach after a record camp turnout
By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
MARION, Ill. — Marion football has a new man leading practice. Dunning ran his first session as the Wildcats' head coach, the Southern Illinoisan reports, taking over a program that just wrapped a summer camp with huge numbers, according to WSIL-TV.
A big camp turnout ahead of a coaching change is a good sign for a program — it means the interest is there even as the man calling the shots is new. Marion fans who fill the stands every fall will be watching closely to see how quickly a new staff gets its system in place.
Neither report detailed specific camp attendance figures or Dunning's coaching background. The Bureau will follow the Wildcats through preseason as the roster and staff take shape.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan and WSIL-TV.
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