It didn’t take long for Mike Candrea to turn Arizona softball into a national powerhouse. Now that his legendary coaching career has come to an end, there’s no point in waiting to put him into the school’s Hall of Fame.
Candrea is part of the latest class of inductees into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame, which was announced Wednesday. The 8-member group will be formally inducted on Sept. 8, with recognition of at the UA football home opener on Sept. 10.
Already enshrined in the halls of fame for Pima County, USA Softball, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and Central Arizona College, where he was a baseball coach before coming to the UA, Candrea retired last June after 36 seasons.