During the off-season coach Jedd Fisch had the task of finding a new defensive coordinator with Don Brown taking the head coaching job at Massachusetts. Fisch turned to former UCLA defensive line coach Johnny Nansen as the next defensive coordinator.
With Nansen as defensive coordinator, Arizona's player will have to learn a new system after spending a year in Brown's aggressive 4-3 defense. For some of the players on the team, it will be their third defensive coordinator in as many years.
Through three days of spring practice, you can see players both on the offensive side of the ball and defensive, getting more comfortable with the playbook, and the defense is starting to play at a quicker tempo.
Here are my five takeaways for Day 3 of spring practice.