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Dana Holgorsen on UH football pausing practices: ‘We took time just as coaches to just shut up, listen’

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The UH football team returned to the practice field this week following a break on Saturday and Sunday to focus on the social and racial issues going on around the country, and on Wednesday afternoon, head coach Dana Holgorsen took time to address those two days.

“I appreciated the fact (the players) said hang on, timeout we need to talk about some of the things going on,” Holgorsen said on a Zoom call with the media. “We took time just as coaches to just shut up and listen and hear what’s going on and just listen to (the players) and really reflect on the human aspect of it.