Arizona State University head coach Kenny Dillingham moved quickly this week to quiet speculation that he was eyeing higher-profile openings around college football, telling players he plans to return to the Sun Devils next season.

Dillingham popped into several team meetings last week and made his intentions clear , sources told 247Sports, a message he reinforced after Arizona State’s 24-19 win at Iowa State. The coach’s face-to-face reassurance came amid a busy carousel of SEC and Power Five openings that had pegged his name to jobs at places such as Auburn and Florida.

Arizona State had just beaten Iowa State on the road in a game that featured backup quarterback Jeff Sims setting a school rushing mark for quarterbacks with a 228-yard day and totaling 405 yards of offense in the S

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