The 1998 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in the Mountain Division.
 They played their home games at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.
 Head coach Mike Cavan returned for his second season leading SMU, following a 6–5 season in 1997, SMU's first winning season since the 1987–88 SMU "death penalty" was handed down by the NCAA, the highest punishment possible in the association.
 SMU finished the season 5–7 (4–4 WAC), but SMU vacated 10 games after Steve Malin was found to have been ineligible due to academic fraud.
Aaron Monroe "Mac" McCreary (September 15, 1892 – ?)
 was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
 He served as the head football coach at Tempe State Teachers College, known at Arizona State Teachers College by 1929 and now called Arizona State University, compiling a career college football record of 25–17–4.
 McCreary was also the head basketball coach at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers from 1923 to 1930 and at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona University, amassing a career college basketball record of 140–149.
 In addition, he coached baseball at Tempe/Arizona State Teachers (1924–1926, 1928, 1930–1931) and at Arizona State Teacher's Flagstaff in 1959, tallying a career college baseball mark of 22–56–1.
Tom Rossley was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 1991 to 1996.
 He compiled a 15–48–3 record, and was succeeded by Mike Cavan.
Mike Cavan (born April 15, 1948) is a former American football player and coach.
 He served as the head coach at Valdosta State University (1986–1991), East Tennessee State University (1992–1996) and Southern Methodist University (1997–2001), compiling a career college football record of 89–83–2.
 Cavan played as a quarterback at the University of Georgia from 1968 to 1970 and was an assistant coach there from 1977 to 1985.
Rudolph H. "Rudy" Lavik (April 30, 1892 – September 29, 1979) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.
 He served as the head football coach at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota from 1920 to 1921, at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff—now Northern Arizona University—from 1928 to 1932, and at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe—now Arizona State University—from 1933 to 1937, compiling a career college football record of 37–42–7.
 Lavik was also the head basketball coach at Arizona State Flagstaff (1927–1931) and Arizona State Tempe (1933–1935, 1939–1948), tallying a career college basketball mark of 146–137.
 In addition he served as the athletic director at Arizona State from 1933 to 1949.
 He was a graduate of Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The 1955 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1955 college football season.
 In their first season under head coach Dan Devine, the Sun Devils compiled an 8–2–1 record (3–1 against BIAA opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 343 to 107.
 Assistant Coaches were Robert Carey, Tom Fletcher, Frank Kush, & Al Onofrio.
 Arizona State's team captains were FB Bob Sedlar & LT John Jankans.
 The Sun Devils finished (5-1) at home and (3-1-1) on the road.
 All home games were played at Goodwin Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
Mike Cavan was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 1997 to 2001.
 He compiled a 22–34–0 record, and was succeeded by Phil Bennett.
The 1956 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1956 college football season.
 In their second season under head coach Dan Devine, the Sun Devils compiled a 9–1 record (2–1 against BIAA opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 306 to 83.
 Assistant Coaches were Tom Fletcher, Frank Kush, Al Onofrio, & Gordon Serr.
 Arizona State's team captain was WR Charlie Mackey.
 The Sun Devils finished (5-1) at home and (4-0) on the road.
 All home games were played at Goodwin Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
Phil Bennett (born December 3, 1955) is an American football coach and former player.
 He is the defensive coordinator at Arizona State Sun Devils.
 Prior to this position, he served as the defensive coordinator for the Baylor Bears from 2011-2016, and was interim head coach of the Pittsburgh Panthers during their 2011 BBVA Compass Bowl win over Kentucky after serving as defensive coordinator of the Panthers for three seasons.
 Prior to coaching the Panthers, he served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2002 to 2007.
 Before his stint at SMU, he served as an assistant coach at seven different colleges.
The 1997 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in the Mountain Division.
 They played their home games at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.
 Under first-year head coach Mike Cavan and ten years after the NCAA's 1987 "death penalty" on SMU football, SMU finished the 1997 season with a 6–5 record and completed their first winning season since the football program resumed operations in 1989.

Question: What position does the coach who succeeded Mike Cavan as coach of the Souther Methodist University's football team currently hold at Arizona State?
Answer: defensive coordinator