What Scott Frost said at introduction as UCF Knights football head coach

Scott Frost paused for a moment and looked down. Then, he delivered the line of the night with a little nod of his head.

“Yeah, it was hard for me to leave. It was emotional,” he said of departure from UCF after the 2017 season. “When you’re climbing the ladder of success in life, sometimes they forget to tell you to stop when you’re happy.”

But sometimes life resembles a circle more than a ladder. It can swing back around.

Scott Frost is back at UCF after seven years away. The Knights formally introduced him as their next head football coach, succeeding Gus Malzahn, at a press conference Sunday evening at The Venue.

Jul 26, 2022; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Scott Frost talks to the media during Big 10 football media days at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports

He’s 49 years old, a husband to Ashley and a father to three kids. He had only one child before he left town to lead his alma mater, Nebraska. He’s enjoyed highs. A 19-7 record across 2016 and 2017, the undefeated national championship season, at UCF shows that. He’s experienced lows. His record with his hometown Cornhuskers: 16-31.

Nebraska fired him in 2022. He spent 2023 out of football before joining the Los Angeles Rams as an analyst this fall.

Now, here comes the sequel.

“I’m the same guy,” Frost said. “I’m just a little longer in the tooth and wiser. I think you actually learn more in trials than you do even through success. I learned a lot here. I’ve learned a lot since.”

He inherits a roster that slumped to 4-8 in 2024. The real work begins after Sunday, and Frost referenced “work” several times during his 24 minutes in front of the microphone.

“I hope everyone doesn’t think we’re going to go undefeated immediately,” he said, prompting the crowd to laugh, though…

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Author : Daytona Beach News-Journal

Publish date : 2024-12-09 04:06:00

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