TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Check out Curt Mallory’s resume and you will see all sorts of initials: LB (linebackers), DB (defensive backs), DB, DB, DB, DC (defensive coordinator), DC, DB.
The only initials missing were HC (head coach).
“It’s always been a goal for me,” Mallory said. “The ultimate place I wanted to be was to be a head football coach.”
The former Illinois assistant had come close. He was a finalist for jobs at Miami (Ohio), Central Michigan and Eastern Illinois.
The son of 13-year head coach Bill Mallory finally has a team of his own.