Kansas State may not be losing one, but two Dimels.
Wildcats offensive coordinator Dana Dimel was recently hired by UTEP to be the team’s next head coach and it sure sounds like his son Winston will be following him to El Paso after the team plays UCLA in the Cactus Bowl later this month.
“I imagine that it would be Winston’s (final game in a K-State uniform),” head coach Bill Snyder said Wednesday. “I would imagine that he would want to go with his father. He and I haven’t had that conversation. We will. I think it’s obviously a good choice for the University of Texas at El Paso.”
The younger Dimel is a rare breed given how few teams employ a fullback nowadays but the All-Big 12 selection is one of the best at the position in the country and a big part of the Wildcats’ offense. He has started 38 games for the program but has already graduated from school and would be able to play right away with the Miners as a graduate transfer in 2018.
It seems that Snyder has prepared for the fact that Winston could be gone from Manhattan next season as the team did ink a fullback as part of the early signing period on Wednesday, announcing that junior college fullback Luke Sowa has signed with the school. While the bowl game against UCLA will offer the Kansas State faithful an opportunity to likely say goodbye to both of the Dimels, the bigger question for fans in purple is if they will also be bidding adieu to the white-haired wizard as well.