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Central Florida
Status: Open
Breakdown: In a span of a few weeks, George O'Leary went from coach and interim athletic director to retired from both jobs. UCF's first decision will be to find an athletic director, as the university attempts to position itself for the next round of conference expansion. There are a few AD names being bandied around. Buffalo's Danny White has been involved with a handful of bigger jobs and would be a logical candidate. Bowling Green's Chris Kingston is a UCF graduate has done strong work in a short time at at the school. (Could he perhaps help UCF land Dino Babers?) A wildcard here is Damon Evans, the former Georgia athletic director whose careerimploded in spectacular fashion with his arrest in 2010. Evans quietly returned to college sports as Maryland's CFO in 2014. Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search is running the UCF search and has strong ties to Evans from his days at Georgia.
As for the football job, there's a near-consensus in the industry that UCF is a better job that Iowa State, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers, Colorado, Syracuse and most other lower-tier jobs expected to open around college football. UCF has a fertile recruiting ground, recent success with a Fiesta Bowl win two seasons ago and is perhaps the best job in the American Athletic Conference.
Names: Doc Holliday, Jeff Brohm, Mario Cristobal, Greg Schiano, Eddie Gran, P.J. Fleck, Dino Babers, Geoff Collins and Manny Diaz.
Central Florida
Status: Open
Breakdown: In a span of a few weeks, George O'Leary went from coach and interim athletic director to retired from both jobs. UCF's first decision will be to find an athletic director, as the university attempts to position itself for the next round of conference expansion. There are a few AD names being bandied around. Buffalo's Danny White has been involved with a handful of bigger jobs and would be a logical candidate. Bowling Green's Chris Kingston is a UCF graduate has done strong work in a short time at at the school. (Could he perhaps help UCF land Dino Babers?) A wildcard here is Damon Evans, the former Georgia athletic director whose careerimploded in spectacular fashion with his arrest in 2010. Evans quietly returned to college sports as Maryland's CFO in 2014. Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search is running the UCF search and has strong ties to Evans from his days at Georgia.
As for the football job, there's a near-consensus in the industry that UCF is a better job that Iowa State, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers, Colorado, Syracuse and most other lower-tier jobs expected to open around college football. UCF has a fertile recruiting ground, recent success with a Fiesta Bowl win two seasons ago and is perhaps the best job in the American Athletic Conference.
Names: Doc Holliday, Jeff Brohm, Mario Cristobal, Greg Schiano, Eddie Gran, P.J. Fleck, Dino Babers, Geoff Collins and Manny Diaz.
