The Arizona Wildcats have fired defensive line coach Iona Uiagalelei, a little more than two days before Saturday's showdown with No. 7 Utah.
The second-year defensive line coach lasted just 22 games at the college level. Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin hired him away from California's Mt. San Antonio Junior College with hopes that he could develop defensive linemen while tapping into Arizona's long-dormant Polynesian recruiting pipeline.
Uigalelei is the third defensive assistant coach to be fired this season: Defensive coordinator Marcel Yates and linebackers coach John Rushing were dismissed Oct.