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is going to change. And the teams that play the best will be the ones that can <br />adapt to it without griping about it because it is what it is.” <br />UNC continues testing three days a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday <br />– and the final results are potentially not available until early on Saturday, <br />which has forced Brown to prepare a contingency plan in case he or any of his <br />assistant coaches are unable to be on the sidelines when the game kicks off. <br />The Hall of Fame head coach has only shared that plan with his coordinators <br />to avoid such a hypothetical from becoming disruptive for his coaching staff. <br />“I told [the players] yesterday, and these are facts, that until Saturday <br />morning, we really don't know if we're going to play,” Brown said. “Then you <br />don't know who's going to coach the game and you don't know who's going to <br />play in the game until we get the test results back, so it's just what it is. And <br />that's kind of the way we've handled it. We have a sudden change on the field <br />when there's a turnover with the offense and the defense has got to go out <br />and score, or vice versa. This is a year of sudden change. <br />3COMMENTS <br />“If we get up on Saturday morning, and I've got the virus and I can't coach, <br />we've got to be quick to make some changes and that could happen to <br />anybody at any time. You've just got to be prepared for everything.” <br />All of the protocol decisions have been put in place by medical experts. Brown <br />has established a COVID-19 coordinating committee, consisting of Director of <br />Sports Medicine Dr. Mario Ciocca, head athletic trainer Luke Ross, senior <br />associate athletic director for capital projects/facilities Rick Steinbacher, senior <br />associate athletic director Dwight Hollier and associate athletic director Corey <br />Holliday, to work with the Orange County Health Department to determine <br />protocols.