University of Toledo football coach Jason Candle looks at the coronavirus outbreak through a different lens than a typical college head coach.
Candle, while asymptomatic, experienced the disease first hand after becoming the first NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision coach to disclose a positive diagnosis. He self-isolated for 10 days before returning to his offseason coaching duties.
"You certainly don't brag that you had the virus," Candle said during a news conference Monday outside Savage Arena. "You're walking around your own neighborhood, and sometimes it feels like you have the scarlet letter on your chest.