TUCSON — Arizona football Coach John Mackovic, his voice choking with emotion Wednesday, admitted major mistakes in dealing with his players and assistants. Mackovic, however, said he would not ...

He points to John Mackovic, Texas’ perma-press coach with the frumpy record (by Longhorns’ standards), as the torch-bearer leading the Longhorns out of the darkness and back into the spotlight.

In an emotional news conference Wednesday, Arizona football coach John Mackovic apologized for the way he treated his players and asked them for another chance.

John Mackovic getting canned was no surprise. Most people figured his time at Arizona was short since last November, when half the team met with school president to complain about him.

Mackovic's news conference Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz., came after more than 40 of his players met with university president Peter Likins on Tuesday night to air their complaints about the coach.

John Mackovic is sitting in a chair near his office. Illinois` new head football coach would have been sitting in his office except it`s crammed with half-a-dozen unpacked boxes.

John Mackovic, who said he was retiring from coaching after being fired at Texas three years ago, agreed to a five-year contract to replace Dick Tomey as head coach at Arizona. Mackovic, 57, had ...

Arizona Coach John Mackovic was fired Sunday, five games into the third season of his tumultuous tenure at Tucson. Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz will take over as interim coach for the ...

John Mackovic has experienced peaks and valleys at Wake Forest, Illinois, Texas and with the Kansas City Chiefs, but nothing of this magnitude. Tuesday night, a reported 55 players met with UA ...

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Illinois (6-5) will meet UCLA in the John Hancock Bowl on Dec. 31. Mackovic met with Texas President William Cunningham, Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds and former Texas coach Darrell Royal ...