UCF Knights legend McKenzie Milton is back in east Orlando, reunited with Scott Frost, jumpstarting his college coaching career as the program's new quarterbacks coach.
The Tennessee Vols lost a key offensive analyst to UCF this week. Vols offensive analyst McKenzie Milton announced on Tuesday that he's leaving Rocky Top to become the new quarterbacks coach at UCF. Milton served as an analyst at Tennessee from 2023 to 2024. Milton is a former UCF quarterback who spent five seasons in Orlando.
The coaching carousel is in full effect before the 2024-25 college football season is even complete. A lot of the movement can be attributed to ongoing changes in Tallahassee with Florida State making five additions (and counting) to head coach Mike Norvell's staff.
New UCF football coach Scott Frost just made a decision that is going to fire up Golden Knights fans. Frost returned to Orange County just a few days ago in a move that shocked the nation.
Every year there are teams that are trying to build something special but are starting at the bottom. Heck, some of these programs are adapting to having an FBS program, while some are just wallowing in the basement of power conferences. Some watched their 2020 season literally waste away as circumstances have them out here flailing away.
The news comes on the heels of multiple states making it possible for NCAA athletes to make money off of their "name, image, and likeness." Florida was the first state to set new NIL laws for student-athletes.
The 2020 college football season, as crazy as it was, has concluded. A victory for all associated. While we don't know what the landscape of the 2021 season will look like, we're already focused on looking forward.