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Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin returns to practice following positive COVID-19 test

He’s back!

A week after announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19, Arizona Wildcats head coach Kevin Sumlin returned to the sideline for the UA’s third preseason practice on Monday night.

Sumlin, 56, had been isolating at his home since learning of his positive result, which forced him to observe Arizona’s first two practices via video. Both he and his son, Joey, a junior on Salpointe Catholic High School’s football team, have been asymptomatic.

“Unfortunately that happened,” Sumlin said Friday, via Zoom. “That’s the bad part, but the good part is I’m doing well.