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Inside the unique challenges of being a first-year coach in 2024
TWO MONTHS INTO the whirlwind of being Houston's new coach, Willie Fritz paused briefly to reflect. Fritz had spent most of his career bouncing to different levels of college football, leading five teams before Houston. But after eight seasons at …