By David Veenstra, Arizona Sports: A little more than two weeks ago, Mike Candrea just finished a round of golf when the phone rang.
University of Arizona president Dr. Robert Robbins was calling the former legendary softball coach to ask him if he would take on the interim athletic director role.
“I was in my home in Tucson and had just played a round of golf and was enjoying retirement and all the nice things that come with it,” Candrea said Wednesday afternoon at his introductory press conference at McKale Center.
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