When Jay Johnson became University of Arizona’s baseball coach, it was like being named the manager of the New York Yankees. Johnson replaced Andy Lopez as head coach after the 2015 season, and immediate success followed in 2016. After a national championship in 2012, Arizona missed out on the NCAA tournament three years in a row. In 2014 and…
The unproclaimed two-day work holiday, the first two days of March Madness, will soon be upon us. Millions across the country will wait to see when the first upset will happen, which team will emerge as this year’s unforeseen Cinderella story, and which team will be the first to pull off a crazy, last minute…
When Greg Byrne became University of Arizona’s athletic director in May of 2010, he was determined to bandage UA’s aging sports facilities. Letting them slowly crumble and not meet the standards of the 21st century was not a choice. Getting the movement going would not be easy. After all, UA’s annual budget was $84 million….
