McKenzie Milton knew he wanted to be a coach long before his sensational college career at UCF, or before he worked with some of the rising stars of the game. Instead, he was playing youth football for the Waipio Panthers with his dad, Mark, teaching him how to join the burgeoning lineage of great Hawaiian quarterbacks.
“It was just youth football, but he’s been as good as any coach I’ve ever been taught by,” Milton told CBS Sports. “Life lessons and just the small details of playing the game, a lot of the lessons I teach my guys, I learned from my dad.”
When Scott Frost recruited Milton to UCF, he promised Milton that he would allow him to be a graduate assistant with the program after his career was over. But when Frost returned to the program in 2025 for his second stint, Milton was overqualified for the role after two years at a rising Tennessee program as an offensive analyst.
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Only five years after leaving UCF for the final time as a player, Milton is back on campus as quarterbacks coach under Frost. On Monday, he was named to the 247Sports 30 Under 30 list as one of the top rising figures in college athletics.
“Honestly, I don’t feel like I’ve done much yet,” Milton said. “I kind of inherited a great program at…
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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah
Publish date : 2025-08-18 15:33:00
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