Arizona State’s “new leadership model” apparently includes keeping school legends as consultants.
The school announced Thursday that College Football Hall of Famer and Sun Devils legend Danny White would continue to be an offensive consultant for the program going forward, as well as an ambassador for the athletic department.
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to help get ASU football where it belongs, and that is at the top of the Pac-12,” White said in a statement. “I understand so much more now than I did a year ago as a consultant.I am excited to work with Coach Rob Likens and Coach Herm Edwards. Coach Edwards and I were contemporaries in the NFL and I think he is the perfect man for this job.”
White was one of the most successful quarterbacks of all-time at the school and had plenty of success in the NFL with a notable stint with the Dallas Cowboys. He was brought to Tempe last year in the same role under former head coach Todd Graham and it seems is staying through with the new staff. While many college football programs have similar offensive analysts and consultant positions, it seems this one is much more of the ceremonial type as opposed to the breaking down of film and scouting opponent types because White is expected to remain in his role as a Cowboys analyst in the media as well.