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UCF Golden Knights (2017 National Champs....sort of)

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UCF football names Gus Malzahn as new head coach

UCF hired former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn on Monday to a five-year, $11.5 million contract, banking on the offensive background and name recognition he brings with him.
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Mohajir said of the phone call he made to Malzahn to gauge his interest in UCF, "I could feel the fire through the phone."

"This is one of the top 20 coaching jobs in all of college football," Malzahn said. "When this opportunity came, I was ready. I really believe they're getting the best Gus Malzahn of any time in my career, for the fact that I had eight weeks to reflect, refresh, evaluate, and to be better the next time you do it."

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...lizing-deal-gus-malzahn-become-new-head-coach
 
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ScriptOhio said:
UCF football names Gus Malzahn as new head coach

UCF hired former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn on Monday to a five-year, $11.5 million contract, banking on the offensive background and name recognition he brings with him.
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Mohajir said of the phone call he made to Malzahn to gauge his interest in UCF, "I could feel the fire through the phone."

"This is one of the top 20 coaching jobs in all of college football," Malzahn said. "When this opportunity came, I was ready. I really believe they're getting the best Gus Malzahn of any time in my career, for the fact that I had eight weeks to reflect, refresh, evaluate, and to be better the next time you do it."

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...lizing-deal-gus-malzahn-become-new-head-coach
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I think that's a good hire. Malzahn could thrive at a place like UCF. Of course, once he gets going, a Power-5 job will come calling again...
 
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NFBuck said:
I think that's a good hire. Malzahn could thrive at a place like UCF. Of course, once he gets going, a Power-5 job will come calling again...
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All I know is that I should have some grade-A coaching entertainment in town now, and I look forward to watching it in person every now and then (wife is a UCF grad, so I have alumni ticket options if I really want to).
 
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“Yeah, this is just the beginning,” Malzahn said. “ I really believe it. We got big dreams. We got big goals. We can win the whole thing here and I think tonight was just the first step. Recruiting is going to go really (well) man.”
 
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Don Muenz said:
What has he been smokin’?
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What he said is not too far fetched. UCF is a national championship caliber program, with a championship as recent as 2017:

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UCF’s Spring Game Jerseys Feature QR Codes Leading to Player Bios, Branded Merch
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https://www.si.com/college/2022/04/15/ucf-football-spring-game-jerseys-qr-codes-nil-merchandise
ORLANDO, Fla. – Last year, Gus Malzahn presided over a spring football game where across the back of his UCF players’ jerseys were not their names but their handles on Twitter.

This year, the Knights have upped their game.

When they kick off the spring game Saturday, the back of their jerseys will feature something else unique to college sports but ever-present in our daily lives: QR codes. Instead of a player’s roster number, the back of jerseys will feature a giant QR code that, when scanned, will link to that player’s bio page on the UCF athletics website. From there, fans can find links to a player’s social media channels and websites to purchase their own player-branded merchandise.

It’s all part of UCF’s attempt to stay progress in the new world of name, image and likeness (NIL).

“Last year, we put Twitter handles on our jerseys. I was like, ‘What the heck am I doing?’” laughs Malzahn, the 56-year-old former Auburn coach. “We wanted to be the school that embraced it. At the old traditional schools, there’s a lot of dynamics. Yeah, they’re for it but really, they’re not for it. We are a school that can fully embrace it—the young school, social media. It fits with us.”

UCF has an enrollment of about 70,000, and its average age of alumni is about 36, Malzahn says. That’s only going to drop. The school graduates around 20,000 students a year.

Just two years ago, Malzahn never thought he’d be embracing such things on jerseys.
“It was a little weird early on. Now it’s not,” he says. “Now it’s part of the job description.”
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Who is Terrence Lewis and How Will He Help UCF Football?
The addition of Terrrence Lewis to the UCF Football roster means adding a multi-faceted linebacker that teams must prepare for on each down.
BRIAN SMITH JAN 3, 2022
https://www.si.com/college/ucf/univ...otball-recruiting/ucf-football-terrence-lewis
ORLANDO - The impact of Terrence Lewis coming to UCF will be felt as soon as he steps foot on the Bounce House turf...
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Details emerge following arrest of UCF transfer linebacker Terrence Lewis
Nikki Chavanelle•about 2 hours
https://www.on3.com/news/details-em...r-linebacker-terrence-lewis-domestic-battery/
More details are emerging following the arrest of former Maryland linebacker and UCF transfer Terrence Lewis on Sunday. The new Golden Knights’ defender allegedly punched a woman in the face at a residence in Miami Gardens, per Miami radio host Andy Slater. Slater tweeted that an unnamed senior law enforcement source shared the victim was arguing with a cousin when the incident occurred.

Police arrested and charged Lewis for domestic battery on Sunday evening, per public records. Authorities booked Lewis into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade (Fla.) County with a $1,500 bond.

Former top-50 recruit arrested in Miami
After entering the NCAA transfer portal at the end of the season, Lewis committed to UCF and Gus Malzahn following the new year. He did not play during the 2021 season after receiving surgery before Spring practices began. Upon joining Maryland, the medical staff diagnosed him with a torn ACL.

Lewis was a four-star prospect and the No. 43 player in the nation when recruited, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He was a standout at Miami Central High School before committing to Maryland over Tennessee, Miami and others.

In the transfer portal, he was the No. 17 linebacker available this offseason, according to On3’s transfer rankings. In the arrest report, Lewis is listed at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds.
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