On Monday morning, while work crews outside worked on the final major reconstruction stages of Sun Devil Stadium, Arizona State’s highest officials introduced the central figure in this makeover, a 63-year-old former NFL coach who has been out of the game for nearly a decade.
Herm Edwards objects to that, by the way. He insists that while he’s sat in the analyst chair at ESPN studios since 2009, he has coached this sport, lived and breathed it. And that’s why he thinks his transition into ASU football, as its 24th head coach, will be easier than most expect.