... started filtering in a half-hour before the scheduled practice.

There was something very different about the practice facility at the University of South Florida. Assistant coaches were smiling and greeting onlookers as they showed up. There were smiles everywhere. The gates that formerly served as the entrance to a world of paranoia now seemed inviting.

Then he strolled in.

He doesn't run, doesn't scream, doesn't dress to work out. He strolls, confidently.

He is Skip Holtz, head football coach at the University of South Florida, and it was 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, almost time for his first practice.

Holtz smiled and smiled some more.

He has the command of a teacher, not a taskmaster. He got right into ...

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