Kasey Dunn Joins Football Staff as an Assistant Coach
3/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
March 2, 2010
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss football coach Larry Fedora announced Tuesday the hiring on Kasey Dunn as assistant football coach.
Dunn, who will oversee the wide receiver position, comes to Southern Miss after spending the last two seasons as running backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks.
"We are excited about the addition of Kasey to our staff," Fedora said. "He brings in a wealth of knowledge on both sides of the ball and he will come in right away to help our wide receiver corps."
A 1992 University of Idaho graduate, Dunn was a standout receiver at Idaho from 1987-91, he was a three-time All-American who ended his career with school records in receptions (268), yards (3,847) and second in touchdowns (25). At the end of his career, his catch total and receiving yards ranked second all-time in the Football Championship Subdivision, trailing only Jerry Rice. His career receptions and career yards totals still stand as Vandals' school records, while his 25 career touchdown receptions are second all-time.
Dunn led the nation in both receptions per game (8.0 rpg) and receiving yards per game (105.8 ypg) as a junior in 1990. He ranked No. 3 nationally with 85 receptions as a senior and was fifth with 73 catches as a sophomore in 1989. The Vandals claimed three Big Sky Conference titles during Dunn's playing career and went 24-12.
The native of San Diego, Calif., went on to play professionally with the British Columbia (1992) and Edmonton (1993) of the CFL, and Houston (1992) of the NFL before launching his coaching career.
In 1993 he served as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, working with the wide receivers. Dunn then worked as tight ends and receivers coach at San Diego in 1994 before returning to Idaho as cornerbacks coach in 1995.
Dunn has worked on both sides of the ball during stops at Arizona (2004-06), Texas Christian (2003), Washington State (1998-2002), New Mexico (1996-97) and Idaho (1993 and 1995). In addition, he served minority internships with both the NFL's Seattle Seahawks (2003) and Denver Broncos (1997).
In his 17th year as a collegiate coach, Dunn spent several months in 2008 at Maryland before accepting a position in Seattle. He also worked during the 2007 season on the Baylor staff, where he held the title of special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach, and was elevated to assistant head coach early in his tenure.
Before his stop at Baylor, Dunn was the running backs coach at Arizona where he mentored three future NFL backs, including Mike Bell who ended his career in 2005 with a third consecutive 900-yard season. Bell finished his collegiate career ranked fourth on Arizona's all-time rushing chart, totaling 3,163 yards on 678 attempts (4.7 avg.).
Dunn was on the defensive side of the ball at TCU where he coached cornerbacks and helped the Horned Frogs to an 11-2 record and a bid in the Fort Worth Bowl. During his five-year tenure on Mike Price's Washington State staff, he served as running backs coach. In addition he was the special teams coordinator his final three seasons. In 2001, he was also elevated to assistant head coach.
In his time in Pullman, the Cougars went to back-to-back bowl games for the first time in school history (2001 Sun Bowl; 2003 Rose Bowl) and started a three-year run of 10-victory campaigns.
He also coached two WSU running backs to school records, with Kevin Brown rushing for a sophomore school-record 1,046 yards in 1998 and Deon Burnett establishing a WSU freshman mark by rushing for 974 yards in 1999.
Prior to that he served as cornerbacks coach at New Mexico, helping the Lobos secure an appearance in the 1997 Insight.com Bowl.
Dunn and his wife, Janelle, have two daughters, Kayla and Lauren.
Career History:
1993 Idaho: Wide Receivers (volunteer)
1994 University of San Diego: Tight Ends/Wide Receivers
1995 Idaho: Cornerbacks
1996-97 New Mexico: Cornerbacks
1998 Washington State: Running Backs
1999-00 Washington State: Running Backs/Special Teams
2001-02 Washington State: Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams
2003 Texas Christian: Cornerbacks
2004-06 Arizona: Running Backs
2007 Baylor: Asst. Head Coach/Special Teams/Wide Receivers
2008 Maryland: Wide Receivers
2008-09 Seattle Seahawks: Running Backs