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Kinne's experience key to UIW's success
UIW coach G.J. Kinne's experiences as a professional football player and collegiate assistant, combined with a talented roster and the transfer portal, have been keys to the Cardinals success in his first season as a head coach.
Oscar Wilde once said, “With age comes wisdom.” If the late 1800s Irish poet and playwright had met 33-year-old UIW coach G.J. Kinne, he might have said that wisdom comes from experience.
“I've been a part of a bunch of first-year coaching staff,” Kinne said. “You go back to 2017, and we had some success at SMU with Chad Morris. Then we go to Arkansas, and I see the good and bad that goes on there. I go to Hawaii with coach (Todd) Graham, and I see the good and bad there - kind of what to do and what not to do. I went to UCF last year with coach (Gus) Malzahn, and he's got that thing rolling over there. There's no substitute for experience.”
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