WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Members of the band, a few cheerleaders and the costumed Purdue Pete filed into a large suite at Ross-Ade Stadium on Monday to participate in one of college football’s archetypal pageants: the introduction of the new football coach.
The coach, Jeff Brohm, arrived shortly afterward, along with Mitch Daniels, the university president, and Mike Bobinski, the athletic director.
One could make a good case that Purdue, which had two winning seasons in the past 10, got its man. After a career in professional football in the N.F.L. and the short-lived X.F.L., Brohm spent the past three years rejuvenating Western Kentucky, leading the Hilltoppers to a 30-10 record and consecutive Conference U.