re: Joe Lee Dunn - this guy was awesome

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I'm pretty sure he invented the 4-2-5


Eta: meant the 3-3-5

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He invented the 3-5-3 defense. Joe Lee was a fanatic and master of the LB blitz, and pretty much every college program he's been at his defenses have at least for certain periods been ranked among the nation's best...

Dunn has been working at several programs under Head Coach Hal Mumme. Mumme brought him to be his DC at New Mexico State, and after getting fired there and then hired to be the HC at Div. III McMurray University...

Dunn's first college coaching job was at his alma mater Tennessee-Chattanooga. He was an assitant there when the Mocs hired a young Head Coach named Joe Morrison. Morrison coached at Tenn.-Chattanooga from 1973 through 1979, then moved up as head coach of New Mexico. He brought Dunn with him to Albuquerque as his DC. In 1982 Morrison and Dunn led the Lobos to a 10-1 record, and Morrison was hired as new HC at South Carolina. Dunn replaced Morrison as HC at New Mexico for 3 years, leading the Lobos to a 17-30 record, and was subsequently let go...

Dunn then re-joined Morrison at USC as his DC and served in his staff for 2 seasons. Coach Morrison passes away in '89 to heart failure, and new HC Sparky Woods does not retain Dunn, opting to bring in his staff from his previous post at App. State.

So even Gamecock fans have some personal experiences with Joe Lee...