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He couldn’t slam the door on 2024 fast enough. FSU’s dreadful 2-10 season hadn’t formally flatlined when Seminoles football coach Mike Norvell began plotting ways to resuscitate his beleaguered program.
Hours before his team’s season-ending 31-11 loss to Florida in Tallahassee, news broke that Norvell was hiring UCF coach Gus Malzahn as his new offensive coordinator. Days later, the school confirmed Nebraska defensive coordinator Tony White had been hired for the same gig on Norvell’s staff.
And so started the ’Noles’ radical overhaul that has included a mini-exodus of players, an influx of newcomers from the transfer portal and some modified schemes. Will it all work? History says be wary.
We backtracked a decade in this state and found only a couple of instances where a coach replaced both his coordinators and found instant success the following season. Painful truth: Bringing on new play-callers often seems a move of desperation, followed by dismissal.
Not saying Norvell will meet a similar fate, but history’s not on his side.
UCF, 2024
Previous year’s record: 6-7 (3-6 Big 12)
New offensive coordinator: Tim Harris Jr./Darin Hinshaw (Hinshaw had been OC in 2023)
New defensive coordinator: Ted Roof (replaced co-coordinators Addison Williams and David Gibbs)
2024 record: 4-8 (2-7 Big 12)
Coach Gus Malzahn reassumed offensive play-calling duties from Hinshaw midway through the 2023 season and succeeded initially but couldn’t carry that momentum over to 2024. UCF had the nation’s fifth-best rushing offense (248.1 yards per game) but went through four starting quarterbacks and finished 97th in passing offense (199.7 yards per game). Meantime, Roof was fired eight games into the 2024 season after the Knights allowed 75 total points in losses to BYU and Iowa State. Malzahn left at season’s end to become…
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Author : Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Publish date : 2025-01-25 15:46:00
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