UCLA head coach Mick Cronin is in COVID-19 protocols and won’t coach his No. 4-ranked Bruins in their Wednesday night home game against Alabama State.
The school said Wednesday that associate head coach Darren Savino will serve as acting head coach in Cronin’s absence.
Savino is in his 12th season as Cronin’s assistant, nine in Cincinnati and now in his third at UCLA since moving over with Cronin.
The Bruins’ scheduled Dec. 5 game against Washington was canceled — UCLA won by forfeit — after several Huskies players and coaches entered the COVID-19 protocols.
“It seems to be becoming a problem. I’ve seen that a lot of NBA guys are dealing with it,” Cronin, 50, said of COVID-19 early this month. “It’s unfortunate and we all need to be careful, you know, everybody get their extra shot and do everything you can.
“When it comes to the COVID stuff, pray everybody’s OK, hope it just doesn’t become a massive problem, right, for all the sports.”
–Field Level Media