Paul Rhoads has been the Arizona Wildcats’ defensive coordinator since late December, when Kevin Sumlin hired the veteran coach to replace Marcel Yates and tasked him with fixing a unit that was at or near the bottom of the Pac-12 in almost every statistical category last season.
On Thursday, after Arizona’s third spring practice, Rhoads met with the media to discuss what he thinks of the returners he inherited and how he expects to integrate a new defensive scheme for the 2020 season.
On how he’d assess the defense so far: “Three practices in and I’d probably say, most accurately, that I’m not dissatisfied.