On Monday, Gleeson watched his quarterbacks — Dru Brown, Spencer Sanders, Brendan Costello and walk-on Shaun Taylor — throw passes for the first time. During the 35 minutes of practice open to the media, Gleeson moved with purpose, carrying himself with an infectious energy that he said will be part of his DNA.
“I think you’ve just got to be yourself and part of being Sean Gleeson is going to be running around with a ton of energy,” he said. “And I love to play. My whole life I played a gazillion sports and it was about having a lot of energy and juice out here to hopefully inspire these guys to play the same way. But it’s just about being yourself.”
It’s that energy — in addition to the gaudy numbers from the Princeton offense — that compelled Gundy to hire his second consecutive coordinator from a lower level.
Six years ago, Gundy shocked the college football world by hiring Yurcich out of Division-II Shippensburg.
With Gleeson, who led one of the top offenses in FCS for an undefeated Princeton team, Gundy said there was less research involved.