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Navy's Ken Niumatalolo frontrunner for Arizona Wildcats football coaching job?

We are almost a week into the Arizona football coach search and a lot of speculation and rumors have been swirling as to who could replace Kevin Sumlin as the coach of the Wildcats.

Much of that speculation involves Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo, who was strongly considered for the position before Arizona hired Sumlin.

CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd wrote that Niumatalolo is the "frontrunner" for the position, but also listed San Jose State's Brent Brennan as a possibility.

He wrote: "Signs are pointing to Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo being the frontrunner to replace Kevin Sumlin.