Over the 2020 season, all coaches were tested and challenged in unprecedented ways in the history of college football — but even among those, first-year coach’s challenges were unique.
To first scrub away the rot and toxicity left from years of neglect. To then clear away the rubble and somehow build from scratch the foundation of a future on top of a great past no one has forgotten. To do it with kids you don’t know and kids that don’t know who to trust, with playbooks you can’t install because of viruses you can’t see.
It was a near-impossible ask.