Mike DeBord is back home again in Indiana. And the Big Ten.
Home was the compelling reason why DeBord left his job as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator this winter to take the same post with his home-state Hoosiers. The 61-year-old was contemplating retirement before Indiana coach Tom Allen approached him with the opportunity.
“I had told [Tennessee] coach [Butch] Jones that I wanted to get closer to my family and yet I still wanted to coach,” DeBord said. “It’s amazing how these doors opened up.”
DeBord grew up in Muncie, Indiana and played football at Manchester College.