"Hopefully that's going to catapult us moving forward to have the confidence and build the competition in my room," Connelly said. When Ball joined Northern Arizona in December 2018 for his first head coaching job, Connelly was one of the easy decisions to add to the staff. "As far as how to run the football, he's a great technician who does a good job of putting the players in the right spot up front and does a good job of game planing. He just understands the position really, really well and knows how to teach it." Ball and Connelly share a similar view for what they want their players to take away from their time in the program upon graduation.

Source: Daily Sun July 02, 2021 12:33 UTC