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FTU Knights logo, ca. 1978. The UCF varsity athletic program was a charter member of the Sunshine State Conference in 1975. The school moved up to Division I in 1984. In its first years in D-I, UCF was a member of the American South Conference, merging into the Sun Belt Conference in 1991.
The UCF football program can be traced back to a speech given by the university's second president, Dr. Trevor Colbourn, in January 1979. [18] Colbourn believed that a successful athletics program would bring the university greater renown, and tasked Dr. Jack O'Leary with the job of creating a new football program at the school. [19]
The UCF Knights women's outdoor track and field team was organized in 1984; the indoor track and field team was formed in 2006. The University of Central Florida joined Conference USA in 2005, and the Knights track team began to compete in C-USA in 2006. [2] UCF joined the American Athletic Conference in 2013. [4]
The UCF Knights college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Central Florida in the Big 12 Conference. Since the program's first season in 1979 under Don Jonas , the Knights have played more than 517 games, with over 290 victories.
From 2013 to 2016, the Knights were 121–114 under Rooney's leadership. The Knights joined the American Athletic Conference (The American) in 2013. [11] UCF did not appear in another NCAA tournament despite a 36–23 record in 2014 where Rooney won American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. In 2015, the Knights were 22–7 and ranked No ...
UCF is upgrading FBC Mortgage Stadium with a new state-of-the-art lighting system and antenna pods to improve connectivity and Wi-Fi throughout the 45,000-seat venue. The move comes as the Knights ...