Once upon a time, UConn was in the American Athletic Conference. It seems like a long time ago now, as they got out ahead of conference realignment and without creating much noise, but at the time their football team was the conference’s punching bag. Getting out meant that UConn could put more energy into basketball, which it preferred to have in the Big East. This, of course, was done at the expense of an already struggling football program.
One of the coaches at UConn who had struggled thereafter the Big East collapsed for football, was Bob Diaco.