The UCF Knights are hiring Gus Malzahn to be their football coach. Malzahn previously coached at Auburn. The Auburn Tigers fired Gus Malzahn following their regular season finale against Mississippi State.
The Auburn Tigers went on the replace Gus Malzahn with former Boise State head coach Bryan Harsin.
Overall, Auburn went 6-5 last season, but didn’t get any big-time wins. Malzahn coached at Auburn for eight seasons and amassed a 68-35 record for the Tigers. He helped the Tigers make the 2013 national championship, where they fell to the Florida State Seminoles in a last-minute defeat.
Now, Malzahn will look to keep UCF’s momentum going in football. The Knights are replacing former head coach Josh Heupel and athletic director Danny White. Both Heupel and White left to fill the head coaching and athletic director vacancy at the University of Tennessee.
Gus Malzahn’s offense is an excellent fit for the UCF Knights. UCF has run a face paced offense in the past and that’s not going to change under Malzahn. The former Auburn coach is no stranger to the underdog role and will be a good hire for the Knights.
Gus Malzahn will rejoin new UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir, who worked alongside Malzahn at Arkansas State.
Breaking: Former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn will be UCF's next head football coach, first reported by Yahoo! Sports and confirmed by ESPN. pic.twitter.com/6rKEejLZPG
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