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Who takes over when a college football coach tests positive for COVID-19? Contingency plans are tricky

Les Miles wasn’t a fan of missing a game after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Miserable, he called it.

But he felt way better about the way his staff adjusted in his absence.

The Kansas coach is one of 10 head football coaches at FBS programs this season who have contracted the virus, but Miles is among a smaller group forced to miss a game. He stayed home while his team went to West Virginia a few weeks ago, and he and his assistants had to figure out how to shuffle game-day duties to make up for his absence.