After a one-win season in 2019, Old Dominion dismissed head coach Bobby Wilder, who coached the program since the school’s football rebirth in 2009. Former Penn State head coach Ricky Rahne was tabbed to take over in 2020 — and then the decision was made to opt-out of the 2020 season in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, 15 months after he was hired, Rahne is in the midst of his inaugural spring practice with the Monarchs. In continuing with our offseason series of questions surrounding Conference USA teams during the spring, here’s our look at ODU.
Establishing An Identity
When the Monarchs chose to opt-out of the 2020 season, it certainly raised eyebrows especially coming off of a 1-11 campaign in 2019.