This article originally appeared on Auburn Wire.
Orlando is the new home for former Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn.
On Monday, UCF officially announced the hiring of Malzahn as its new head football coach with a familiar phrase: Boom!
BOOM‼️
Let's #ChargeOn, @CoachGusMalzahn
— UCF Football (@UCF_Football) February 15, 2021
“I’m thrilled to be the head coach at UCF, and I’m truly looking forward to being part of Knight Nation,” Malzahn said in a statement. “It’s exciting to be head of a program where the future is extremely bright. I will be hitting the ground running in terms of getting to know our team and everyone else connected with UCF. Our goal is to be ready to win championships.”
An Arkansas State connection might have been a major reason for Malzahn landing the job as the new UCF athletic director Terry Mohajir, was the athletic director with the Red Wolves during Malzahn’s only season there.
“When I started the search process, it became very evident very quickly that, based on the conversations I had with the players last week and what they told me were looking for, Gus Malzahn was the guy for the job,” Mohajir said. “He has won at every level, and he has coached a Heisman Trophy winner and NFL draft picks. There has never been a better time for Coach Malzahn to lead this program than right now.”
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