Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost hired as new UCF coach
Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost talks to reporters during a news conference in Los Angeles on Dec. 30, 2014. Credit: AP / Nick Ut
Central Florida has hired Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost as its new coach to take over a program that just finished a winless season.
New UCF athletic director Danny White called Frost a winner and an innovator in announcing his hiring in a statement Tuesday.
The 40-year-old Frost played quarterback for Nebraska from 1995-97 and has been an assistant with Oregon since 2009. He became offensive coordinator in 2013.
Frost will be a head coach for the first time. He takes over a team coming off the worst season in program history. The Knights went 0-12, and during the season longtime coach George O’Leary retired.
Just two years ago, however, the Knights beat Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl to finish 12-1.
