TEMPE, Ariz. -- Cliff English has seen just about everything the sport of triathlon has to offer. In two-plus decades of coaching, he has worked with age-group triathletes, Olympic triathletes and World Championship qualifiers in locales and events around the world.
When he arrived at Arizona State, however, he experienced the unfamiliar feeling of, well, unfamiliarity. Recruiting was new, his roster was new, the competition was new, the events were new and the sites were new.
"To be honest, that has made it exciting," he said this week. "It has been one of the bigger challenges I have experienced in a while.