Former Missouri quarterback Tyler Gabbert is headed to UCF, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.Gabbert redshirted at Missouri in 2010, and transferred after losing a quarterback battle to James Franklin the following spring. He originally chose Louisville, but left the team and didn't play in 2011. Instead, he worked on an associates degree in his hometown of St. Louis, according to the... [Read More]
Auburn defensive coordinator Ted Roof was named UCF's defensive coordinator on Thursday, reuniting with Knights coach George O'Leary. The announcement came a day after UCF officially accepted an invitation to join the Big East Conference. Roof was a member of O'Leary's staff at Georgia Tech from 1995 to 2001, spending his final three years there as defensive coordinator. O'Leary fired former... [Read More]
UCF President John Hitt announced the university's Athletic Keith Tribble and wide receivers coach David Kelly resigned following an investigation into the school's football and men's basketball recruiting practices. Hitt also announced men's basketball coach Donnie Jones will be suspended for the first three Conference USA games of the season. Hitt said the NCAA's review found Tribble and Kelly... [Read More]
The University of Central Florida is expected to receive an official notice of inquiry from the NCAA regarding potential recruiting violations in the school's football and men's basketball program, sources have told ESPN.com. In addition, NCAA investigators have already begun interviewing people connected to potential violations. Sources also said that they expect the investigation will lead to... [Read More]
A judge has refused University of Central Florida's athletic association's request to overturn a $10 million verdict awarded to the parents of a football player who died during a preseason practice. Circuit judge Robert Evans' denial Tuesday comes more than a month after a jury found that the association was negligent in 19-year-old Ereck Plancher's 2008 death. The Orlando judge also determined... [Read More]
Attorneys for the University of Central Florida's Athletics Association don't agree with a verdict that awarded $10 million to the family of Ereck Plancher, who died during practice in 2008. In new court filings, the UCFAA says the $10 million verdict is "excessive" and that the jury's decision was made "against the weight of the evidence." The UCFAA is asking that either the... [Read More]
A jury has found that the University of Central Florida's Athletic Association was negligent in a football player's 2008 death and awarded his parents $10 million. The decision came after about five hours of deliberation Thursday night in the wrongful death trial of Ereck Plancher, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Plancher collapsed and died following conditioning drills at the school's football... [Read More]
Former Miami Hurricanes running back Storm Johnson will transfer to UCF, his father said Friday evening. The 6-foot, 216-pound Johnson played in 10 games last season as a freshman at Miami. He ran for 119 yards on nine carries last fall for the Hurricanes. The Loganville, Ga., product was ranked as the nation's No. 22 overall recruit by ESPN in the class of 2010. Johnson, who arrived on the UCF... [Read More]
