Minnesota AD Mark Coyle reflects on time at SU and hiring Dino Babers ahead of Pinstripe Bowl matchup

Mark Coyle

Ex-Syracuse AD Mark Coyle introduces Dino Babers as the new Orange football coach in a press conference Dec. 7, 2015. Coyle left for Minnesota before Babers would coach his first game. Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mark Coyle first met Syracuse football coach Dino Babers over Thanksgiving weekend in 2015 in Detroit.

Back then, Coyle was the athletic director for Syracuse University. He was only a few months into his tenure.

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