If there is anybody who knows what it means to be an Arizona Wildcat, it’s Mike Candrea.
The Hall of Fame coach has been at the University of Arizona for 32 years, making him (by far) the school’s longest tenured coach.
On top of that, he’s at the helm of arguably the school’s most successful program, winning eight national championships and over 1,500 games in those 32 years.
The weird part? He’s actually a Sun Devil — or at least used to be.
Candrea earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree at ASU in the 1970s, roughly a decade before he took over the reigns of Arizona softball.