Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham looks on before the start of their NCAA college football game against Colorado in Salt Lake City on Nov. 30, 2019. The Utes are scheduled to host Arizona on Nov. 7 to start the 2020 season, but Utah's rising number of COVID-19 cases and shortage of hospital beds could disrupt that plan. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.