The University of Central Florida exhibited a lack of institutional control and was responsible for impermissible recruiting activities and extra benefits, according to a decision announced today by the Division I Committee on Infractions. The case centered on what the committee noted was an ever-increasing problem in college athletics today, namely the involvement of outside third parties with... [Read More]

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]