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EAST HARTFORD – Jason Candle saw a foundation in place within the UConn football program and an opportunity to build on the momentum that was built over the last four years under Jim Mora .

The new head coach was officially introduced with more than 200 spectators in attendance at a press conference at Rentschler Field on Monday after he was sold on the pitch from UConn Director of Athletics David Benedict and took a ride around the state late last week. He was joined by his wife Nicole, daughter, Avery, and sons, Cameron and Colton – his young children like dogs, “a good start,” Benedict noted, and eventually left the building with their own plush versions of the Huskies’ mascot.

Candle left the building with an urge to get started.

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