When discussing the long hiatus this offseason, Kevin Sumlin and his assistants have been quick to point out that the Arizona Wildcats at least got in four practices during the spring before everything shut down.
Greg Burns can’t share that sentiment. That’s because he was hired as defensive backs coach on March 9, replacing Demetrice Martin (who left for Colorado a week earlier) in between when the UA had its last practice before going on Spring Break and when college sports were halted during the coronavirus pandemic.
Luckily for him, Burns had some prior knowledge of at least two of Arizona’s top players in the secondary thanks to previous stints coaching in the Pac-12.