When it comes to naming captains, Rich Rodriguez does things a bit differently.
The coach doesn’t name any season captains, and instead names four seniors to serve as captains each game.
Some players get the honor more than once, but his hope is that at one point in the season, each of his 19 seniors will get to serve in the role.
Tonight, running back Terris Jones-Grigsby, center Steven Gurrola, defensive end Dan Pettinato and long snapper Chase Gorham will serve as captains.
We asked Rodriguez we he prefers to go on a game-by-game basis, rather than naming season captains.
His answer makes sense.
“I’ve always had it that way because if you have 19 seniors, I’d rather have 19 leaders instead of two or four," he said. "What I’ve done in the past is I’ve had two permanent captains and two game captains added on to it, but I like having just game captains. What happens if you pick a guy as a captain before the season starts and he turns out not to be a good leader? Then what do you?
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“I’d rather guys continue to think about good leadership throughout the entire season. Frankly, if every senior does what they’re supposed to do, which is really, really important to me, they can put on their résumé, yes I was a captain at University of Arizona. I think it’s pretty neat.”
