Arizona State HC Tracy Smith shares a laugh with Arizona Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald after Fitzgerald tossed the ceremonial first pitch before a game against UCLA (Shotgun Spratling)

Sorenson: Q&A With ASU’s Tracy Smith

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Though it never did stray too far off the national map, you could say that Arizona State made some strides back to normalcy in 2015. The Sun Devils won 35 games, finished tied for third in the Pac-12, were in the mix for a regional hosting spot and set some attendance records after moving into Phoenix Memorial Stadium. The maestro behind all this? That’d be Tracy Smith.

Coming down to the desert from a record-breaking run at Indiana, the fun-loving, Twitter-happy Smith slid into the new position as head devil with aplomb, leading ASU to the[…]