Toledo head coach first in FBS to announce positive COVID test

Toledo Rockets head coach Jason Candle Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Toledo's Jason Candle first FBS coach to announce positive coronavirus test

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 22, 2020 3:44 PM ET

In a statement retweeted by the official Toledo Rockets account, head football coach Jason Candle confirmed that he recently tested positive for the coronavirus.

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— Jason Candle (@CoachCandle) July 22, 2020

Candle will self-isolate until he returns negative coronavirus test results and is cleared to rejoin team sessions.

As ESPN's Alex Scarborough wrote, Candle, 40 years old, is the first FBS coach known to test positive for the coronavirus amid the pandemic.

Last Thursday, the Mid-American Conference, which includes Toledo, delayed Olympic fall sports until at least Sept. 3 due to the uncontrolled virus outbreak. Football season is still scheduled to begin on time and on that same day.

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— #MACtion (@MACSports) July 16, 2020

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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