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Grass roots effort: 'Bonus year' helping Martinez Connor plant lacrosse seeds across Arizona

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by Craig Morgan, TheSunDevils.com writer

TEMPE, Ariz. -- College head coaches have a full plate of responsibilities when they take a new job. They have to assemble a staff, they have to build relationships with their existing players, they have to set standards and expectations for their program, they have to establish playing and practice philosophies, they have to recruit and they have to develop relationships with the high school and club coaches in their state that will provide a pipeline of homegrown talent.

Sun Devil women's lacrosse coach Courtney Martinez Connor's task is much taller.