Best Utah Athletes/Coaches To Follow On Social Media
Mar 23, 2020, 3:52 PM
(Photos courtesy of Utah Athletics, Deseret News and Getty Images)
(Photos courtesy of Utah Athletics, Deseret News and Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – With the pause in live sports due to the coronavirus or COVID-19, everyone is looking for things to do as they quarantine or fill the time that they would normally use to watch sports.
The Utes have plenty of good athletes and coaches and administrators that are good follows on social media.
Being the Utah insider for KSL Sports, I naturally have to help you out and tell you the best Utah athletes to follow on Twitter and Instagram.
Top Utah Athletes/Coaches to follow on Twitter
Morgan Scalley, Utah Football Defensive Coordinator | @SafetyPride
Scalley is regarded as one of the best assistant coaches in all of college football. It is almost certain that he will take over the football program at Utah when Kyle Whittingham decides to retire. The “Utah man” through and through is a great follow on Twitter with motivational and humorous posts.
Missing spring ball!!!#PeaserThePleaser pic.twitter.com/9nL9UKrff9
— Morgan Scalley (@SafetyPride) March 21, 2020
.@SafetyPride’s quarantine survival tip: get your 4️⃣ workouts in.
Watch: pic.twitter.com/59BiNDljra
— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) March 20, 2020
Britain Covey, Utah Football wide receiver | @brit_covey2
Covey was sidelined for all but 4 games last season as he continued to recover from his season-ending knee injury that he suffered in 2018. The Timpview star has been a fun follow on Twitter as he documents his time without live sports. Also, his earthquake humor is great too.
Day 9 without sports😩
It’s 2 a.m. and I’ve found myself on YouTube watching a 2K simulation of “1 foot 99 Overall Players vs 13 Foot 40 Overall Players” 🏀 oh, and all of the 1 foot players’ names are Kevin Hart 😂 pic.twitter.com/fZWfkZnfnR
— Britain Covey (@brit_covey2) March 21, 2020
Did Coach Whitt just flex his calves?
— Britain Covey (@brit_covey2) March 18, 2020
Don’t expect Kyle Whittingham to tweet, he hasn’t sent anything out since he retweeted the Utah Football account on March 2.
Mark Harlan, Utah Director of Athletics | @MarkHarlan_AD
Harlan is a good follow for information on the latest news surrounding Utah Athletics. He has also posted some personal updates on being at home more with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Another day of on line learning for the boy. Dog is averaging 4 walks a day and learning a lot about 6th grade math too pic.twitter.com/PKa9gKnuKr
— Mark Harlan (@MarkHarlan_AD) March 20, 2020
Kim Tessen, Red Rocks Gymnast | @kim_tessen
Like all of us, Tessen is finding things to do during quarantine. She has some fun videos and posts on Twitter since the COVID-19 outbreak forced the university to do all classes online.
What are you doing during quarantine?!
Me: pic.twitter.com/OztHyhh2ya— kim (@kim_tessen) March 22, 2020
Utah Athletes To Follow On Instagram
Samson Nacua, Utah wide receiver | @sprankle_sprank
Nacua is a player to watch for this season for the Utes that will have a significant impact on the receiver corps. He is a motivating follow on Instagram while also wanting to have fun.
Bradlee Anae, Former Utah defensive end | @bradleejianae
You like to watch cliff diving? Well, you can watch a former Ute do that in his home state of Hawaii. Come for the cliff diving and stay for the highlight plays from one of the greatest pass rushers in school history.
Zack Moss, former Utah running back | @famousmoss
The greatest running back to ever wear a Utes uniform is active on Instagram. He has some cool highlight videos from his legendary college career.
Utah Programs To Follow On Social Media
If you are a fan of all athletic programs at the University of Utah and don’t already follow the pages for each individual sport, you should.
They are providing updates on what they are doing during this unprecedented time.
Utah athletics has a broad page on all three platforms. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Follow https://t.co/WOp7qeNiHG and @UUtah for more updates. https://t.co/4sV0iQ97ry
— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) March 18, 2020
The Utah football page is very active all year long. You can find them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
It’s a family affair at the house of @CoachPowell99!
Their quarantine survival tip: spiritual workout, school work, fitness & family.
Watch: pic.twitter.com/kWYdRdkYSr
— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) March 22, 2020
The men’s basketball team can be followed on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
A little #MondayMotivation for you from our Sports Performance Coach, Rock! 💪#GoUtes🏀🔴 pic.twitter.com/QyZdwIv7UZ
— Utah Basketball🏀 (@UtahMBB) March 23, 2020
Utah women’s basketball can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Martín Monday. ☀️
(And the infamous laugh heard through this photo.) 😄
#GoUtes // #Elevate pic.twitter.com/BHJsdBAPI0
— Utah Women's Basketball (@UTAHWBB) March 23, 2020
The Red Rocks gymnastics team is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
When someone asks if we miss gymnastics… #WereInThisTogether pic.twitter.com/4ndEpvc5Yl
— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 20, 2020
The baseball team can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
It was a strange and disappointing end, but at least we got four weeks with the sport we love most.
Oh how sweet Opening Day, 2021 will be…#goutes🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/urDz0IO5gW
— Utah Baseball (@utahbaseball) March 15, 2020
Utah’s softball team is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Our finale vs. the Bruins takes us back for another 👀 at 2013 as Utah won their 1⃣st @pac12 series EVER, taking ⬇️ #15 UCLA, 8-3
Kayce Nieto threw a CG, Shelby Pacheco tripled, doubled and drove in 4⃣ as the Utes capped a historic weekendhttps://t.co/VfFUfcs6DS#GoUtes 🙌🥎 pic.twitter.com/ebrUZSpQf9
— Utah Softball (@Utah_Softball) March 23, 2020
The lacrosse team can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Top three teams in average attendance in 2020:
1. Syracuse (3,703)
2. Utah (2,450)
3. Maryland (2,295)Thankful every day for every one of you. #goutes #SaltLaxCity pic.twitter.com/tdzMyVK9tV
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) March 20, 2020
Utah’s soccer team is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Our team huddle from today. ❤️❤️❤️ Going to fight through this together. Who’s with us?? #Resilient #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/DDcaxO7CML
— Utah Women's Soccer (@UtahWSoccer) March 16, 2020
The volleyball team can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Always there for each other! #Utestrong pic.twitter.com/CLwLKtGU7L
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) March 19, 2020
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