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Following UCF's 59–10 loss to Houston on homecoming, [162] dropping the Knights to an 0–8 record to start the 2015 season, O'Leary resigned as head football coach. [ 163 ] [ 164 ] Quarterbacks coach Danny Barrett was named interim head coach and led the team for the remaining four games of the season. [ 165 ]
The Knights' current head coach is Gus Malzahn. The Knights have played their home games at FBC Mortgage Stadium, located on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida, since 2007. UCF began as a Division III program, moving in succession to Division II, Division I-AA (FCS), and subsequently completed their ascension to Division I-A (FBS) in 1996.
This category is for American football coaches at the University of Central Florida. Pages in category "UCF Knights football coaches" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total.
The success of UCF‘s football program can be attributed, in part, to the 12 coaches who have provided guidance to the Knights throughout their over four decades of existence. Don Jonas (1979-81 ...
Scott Andrew Frost (born January 4, 1975) is an American football coach and player who is the current head coach for the UCF Knights.He was the head coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 2018 to 2022, and previously served as UCF's head coach from 2016 to 2017.
Heupel was named head coach of the UCF Knights on December 5, 2017, replacing the departing Scott Frost. [34] In the 2018 season, Heupel led UCF to a 12–1 record and an American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game victory. [ 35 ]
Cindy Ball-Malone became the 2nd head coach in UCF softball history in 2019. She has led the Knights to the NCAA Tournament in 2021, 2022 (super regional appearance), and 2023. The Knights also won back to back AAC tournament titles in their last two years in the AAC (2022 and 2023) and a regular season AAC title in 2022 under Malone.
After taking a 10–7 lead in the second quarter the Knights allowed 52 unanswered points. The 49-point loss is the largest home-loss in UCF history, and the 59-points allowed is the fourth-most in program history. Following the loss, UCF head football coach George O'Leary resigned. [2] [3]