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Arizona tight ends coach Dana Dimel, left, talks with offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Mike Canales, center, and offensive line coach Eric Wolford, right, at the start of practice Monday, April 10, 2006. Jeffry Scott / Arizona Daily Star 

Ex-Arizona OC Canales reunites with ex-Cat Tuitama 

Former UA offensive coordinator Mike Canales was out recruiting last week — he is the assistant head coach at Utah State — and one of his stops was at Pasadena’s La Salle High School. He walked into the coaching offices and there stood Willie Tuitama, the program-changing QB who Canales recruited to Arizona 11 years ago. The two men embraced and chatted about the Mike Stoops years. Tuitama works at the school and is an assistant coach; his sister, Tiare, has coached La Salle to four state volleyball titles. 


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