Longtime college football coach Dana Dimel has died. Dimel’s family shared the news on Tuesday that the Illinois senior offensive assistant and former NCAA head coach has died at age 62.

Dana Dimel, best known to Kansas State fans for his three stints as an assistant coach and under Bill Snyder, died Tuesday at age 62.

A longtime offensive coordinator under Bill Snyder at his alma mater Kansas State, Dana Dimel served this past season as an assistant at Illinois.

Illinois assistant coach Dana Dimel died Tuesday morning. He was 62. Dimel, a longtime college football coach who was a head coach at three different schools, died in his sleep, according to a statement from his agent. Dimel had been serving as an offensive assistant at Illinois.

Illinois senior offensive assistant and former UTEP head coach Dana Dimel died this Tuesday, a statement released by his agent, Pete Roussel, confirmed.

Dana Dimel, an assistant this season at Illinois and a longtime college coach who led programs at Wyoming, Houston and UTEP, died Tuesday at 62.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WLS) -- Long-time college football coach Dana Dimel died in his sleep on Tuesday, his family said.

Illinois assistant coach Dana Dimel, who was an All-American offensive tackle for Kansas State and later became the head coach at Wyoming, Houston and UTEP, died Tuesday. He was 62. Dimel's wife, Julie,

A former All-American offensive tackle at Kansas State in the 1980s, Dimel spent 19 seasons as a K-State assistant.

Former Houston and UTEP coach Dana Dimel, most recently an offensive assistant at Illinois, died Tuesday. Dimel's agent, Pete Roussel, confirmed Dimel died in his sleep. He was 62. Dimel was a longtime assistant coach for Bill Snyder at Kansas State,