The Syracuse football program has had a rough 12 months.
In 2019 the football program stumbled and bumbled to a disappointing 5-7 finish to the season. The losing forced Dino Babers to fire his friend and defensive coordinator Brian Ward with three games to go.
Fast-forward a few months and Babers found his guy in Zach Arnett, previously of San Diego State. Sadly that partnership lasted a grand total of 11 days.
Syracuse’s backup plan Rocky Long ended up joining New Mexico as their defensive coordinator.
Initially when Arnett was hired the belief was Syracuse would switch to a 3-3-5 defense that Zach had a ton of success with.