Sean Dillon is in his fifth season as Nebraska's director of player personnel and his seventh straight season in that role under Scott Frost. Dillon is in his 14th straight season serving on the same staff as Frost.
Dillon has played a large part in Nebraska's recruiting success under Frost. With Dillon's assistance, Nebraska has signed a top-20 recruiting class in three of the past four seasons.
Previously, Dillon was the director of player personnel under Frost at UCF in 2016 and 2017. Dillon was a part of the Knight staff that posted the greatest two-year turnaround in NCAA history, as UCF went from 0-12 the season before Frost's arrival to 13-0 in Frost's second and final season.
Dillon spent nine seasons at Oregon, when Frost was a Duck assistant for those same nine seasons. Dillon was Oregon’s director of high school relations from 2012 to 2015, after serving as a Ducks’ recruiting assistant from 2009 to 2012. He began his career as a quality control coach at Northwestern in 2009.
Originally from Orland Park, Ill., Dillon played collegiately at Valparaiso from 2004 to 2008. He totaled 158 tackles in his junior and senior seasons combined, including 87 stops as a senior. Dillon earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management from Valparaiso in 2008.
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