When Paul Rhoads coaches his first game as the Arizona Wildcats’ defensive coordinator in 2020, it won’t be the first time he’s roamed the sidelines at Arizona Stadium. He did so only a few months back, as a member of UCLA’s defensive staff when the Bruins were in Tucson in mid-September.
At that point he probably had no idea he’d be switching to the other side of the field so soon. That premonition actually happened 26 years earlier.
“I came here for the first time in the early 90s as a secondary coach at the University of Pacific,” Rhoads said Friday at his introductory press conference.