I don't think it will be the toughest. We do need to stay on top of it but toughest, no. I disagree.
Of the many vacancies already opened this hiring cycle, and of those still to come, the UCF coaching search may well be the most difficult.
At the very least, it’s the most unique.
Finding a successor for George O’Leary would always be a challenge, which I posited well before the Knights started 0-9 with a series of embarrassing losses. The most recent was a 52-7 shellacking at Cincinnati, which could have been much worse had Bearcats head coach Tommy Tuberville not pulled starters in thesecond quarter.
UCF is an absolute mess on the field, which only compounds the inherent challenge of tabbing a suitable replacement for the coach who is the foundation, all four walls and roof of the program.
O’Leary’s tenure demonstrated the lofty potential of UCF football, but also exposed the challenges. A program in Florida has immediate access to unheralded, NFL-caliber talent like Latavius Murray. The right coaching staff can find and develop first-round prospects like Breshad Perriman and Blake Bortles, and built a team that can run to the Fiesta Bowl, as the Knights did in 2013.
http://cfbhuddle.com/2015/10/31/ucf-coaching-search-may-be-this-cycles-toughest/
