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South Florida coach Alex Golesh brushes off Florida Atlantic’s Tom Herman after romp

The Florida Atlantic and South Florida head coaches with a chilly postgame handshake

It wasn’t the biggest game of the weekend but it had a frosty exchange after it.

South Florida scored the game’s final 23 points on the way to a 44-21 victory over Florida Atlantic on Friday night. The Bulls went for a two-point conversion after the touchdown that put them up by the final score.

After the game had long been decided USF coach Alex Golesh reinserted quarterback Bryce Archie into the game in the final minute.

Up 23, the starting quarterback completed a 10-yard pass for a first down.

Golesh wanted no part of FAU’s Tom Herman when the Owls coach came across the field for the postgame handshake. Herman extended his hand. Golesh shook it and kept walking.

Herman decided he didn’t like the brushoff and went after Golesh.

The issue between the coaches has been simmering since last season when FAU pummeled South Florida 56-14.

The Owls outscored the Bulls 35-0 in the second half of that game, including two TDs and a successful onside kick in the fourth quarter.

Per Greenboldandbold.com:

After the Owls scored late in the fourth quarter, they rubbed the Bulls’ noses in their misery by executing a successful onside kick.

On that day, USF coach Alex Golesh was more concerned about his defense than that play.

“It is what it is. I’m cool. We’ll get ours at some point,” he said.

“When you lose to somebody like last year, you want to go back and beat them this year,” USF receiver Sean Atkins said this week. “So I feel like, in a sense, it is a rivalry just because of that.”

How former Tennessee coaches voted Vols in final 2023 US LBM Coaches Poll

A look at how former Tennessee football coaches voted the Vols in their final 2023 Coaches Poll ballot.

The 2023 college football season concluded on Monday.

Michigan defeated Washington, 34-13, in the College Football Playoff national championship game.

Tennessee finished its 2023 season with a 9-4 (4-4 SEC) record under third-year head coach Josh Heupel.

Following the conclusion of the 2023 season on Monday, the US LBM Coaches Poll was released after the College Football Playoff national championship game.

Tennessee finished the season ranked No. 17 and received 529 points.

Former Tennessee head coaches and assistants, who are now serving as head coaches at other schools, voted in the US LBM Coaches Poll during the 2023 season.

Below are how Dave Clawson, Stan Drayton, Alex Golesh, Tyson Helton, Brady Hoke and Butch Jones voted Tennessee in their final ballot for the 2023 season.

Analysis: Breaking down Alabama’s defensive personnel ahead of playing Vols

Analysis: Breaking down Alabama’s defensive personnel ahead of playing Tennessee

No. 8 Alabama (6-1, 4-0 SEC) will host No. 15 Tennessee (5-1, 2-1 SEC) on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Rankings reflect the US LBM Coaches Poll.

Kickoff between the Vols and Crimson Tide is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT and will be televised by CBS.

Tennessee and head coach Josh Heupel defeated Alabama, 52-49, last season at Neyland Stadium.

Vols Wire highlighted how Utah State provided a blueprint for Tennessee’s offense to have success against Alabama last season.

Utah State played at Alabama in Week 1 last season and had a similar scheme to Heupel’s.

Anthony Tucker served as running backs coach (2018-20), passing game coordinator (2019) and co-offensive coordinator (2020) under Heupel at UCF. He was Utah State’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2022.

The Vols have a similar situation in 2023.

Alabama defeated USF, 17-13, on Sept. 16. Former Vols’ offensive coordinator Alex Golesh is in his first season as head coach at USF.

Tennessee-Alabama football top 15 matchup by the numbers

Ahead of Saturday’s Tennessee-Alabama contest, Vols Wire provides analysis of the Crimson Tide’s starting defensive personnel against USF’s similar offensive scheme to Heupel’s.

Alex Golesh: Giants’ Jalin Hyatt ‘can run any route’

Former Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh disputes the narrative, saying New York Giants rookie WR Jalin Hyatt can “run any route.”

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Can New York Giants rookie wide receiver Jalin Hyatt run a full route tree? Was his college success system-specific? Is he just a speedy player and nothing else?

That’s been the narrative created for Hyatt dating back to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis but his former offensive coordinator, Alex Golesh, says it’s all nonsense.

“That was the sexy question leading up to draft,” Golesh said on the Giants Huddle Podcast. “Is it the offense? Is it the product of the offense? Is it what you guys do and the tempo?”

Golesh, who now serves as head coach at USF, says Hyatt can do it all and those who disagree simply don’t understand the game — certainly not what Tennessee was doing offensively.

“I think you can either play receiver or you can’t,” he said. “I think when that question comes up, it’s because people don’t understand what we do and that’s exactly how we want it. When people don’t understand what’s going on, they tend to create reasons why it should work or shouldn’t work. He’s a high-level receiver. He can run any route. He can catch any ball. Obviously, he’s young, he’s got to develop just like any receiver out of any offense, and it’s the New York Giants’ job to coach him to do that.

The offensive scheme can only take a player so far, Golesh says. Hyatt still had to go out there and run solid routes, create separation, and beat his opponents one-on-one.

Golesh expects that to continue with the Giants.

“I’ve never seen a scheme get somebody open on a defensive back,” Golesh said. “The scheme maybe allows a formational matchup that you like, but the guy has still got to do the job of getting open. He’s as complete of a receiver as a three-year guy can be. It’s on that coaching staff, and offensively with the staff [the Giants] have, [they] do an incredible job of getting guys open in space and creating matchups. He’s going to do whatever that coaching staff asks him to do, and hopefully from a fan standpoint, getting vertical over top of people is one of those things.”

Hyatt is far from a finished product and plenty of development still needs to take place, but according to Golesh and most others who have been around him, the rookie is far more polished than many seem to believe.

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Coastal Carolina quarterback commits to Alex Golesh, USF

Coastal Carolina quarterback commits to Alex Golesh and USF.

Coastal Carolina freshman quarterback Bryce Archie announced his commitment to USF and head coach Alex Golesh.

“New beginnings,” Archie announced.

Golesh was hired as USF’s head coach on Dec. 4.

He served as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach from 2021-22.

“I am thankful to Chairman Weatherford, President Law and Michael Kelly for their support and belief in me to bring the USF program back to the top of college football,” Golesh said after being hired at USF. “I’m excited to be back in the state of Florida and work with the great high school coaches in this state. This program will have an identity both offensively and defensively, and with special teams. We will be the most aggressive team in the country, both on the field and on the recruiting trail. I am humbled by the opportunity, and I appreciate the commitment from this university and Bulls Nation to hiring the best staff in the country. My family and I can’t wait to get going.”

The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Archie appeared in two games for Coastal Carolina in 2022. He completed 1-of-4 passing attempts for nine yards. He totaled 18 rushing yards on three attempts.

Archie entered the NCAA transfer portal on Dec. 29.

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Former Vols’ offensive analyst to serve as Alex Golesh’s associate head coach

Former Vols’ offensive analyst to serve as Alex Golesh’s associate head coach at USF.

Alex Golesh was hired as the University of South Florida’s head coach on Dec. 4.

Golesh served as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach from 2021-22.

Matt Merritt will serve as associate head coach and running game coordinator on Golesh’s staff at USF.

Merritt served as a senior offensive analyst at Tennessee in 2021 on Josh Heupel’s staff. He was hired as Georgia Southern’s running backs coach in 2022.

“Matt is an excellent coach who has guided dynamic rushing attacks at several programs and was part of a national championship winning staff at Ohio State and a staff that played for a national title at JMU,” Golesh said. “He will bring a tremendous work ethic and leadership to his role as associate head coach and I am very excited he and his family have chosen to join us in Tampa and be a part of building a championship Bulls program.”

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Jared Peery joins USF’s staff as quarterback analyst

Tennessee’s Jared Peery joins USF’s staff as a quarterback analyst.

Alex Golesh was named head coach at South Florida on Dec. 4.

He served as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach from 2021-22.

Jared Peery will serve as a quarterback analyst under Golesh at USF. Peery was an offensive graduate assistant at Tennessee in 2022.

Following Golesh and Peery arriving at USF, 2024 quarterback prospect Marcelis Tate re-affirmed his commitment to the Bulls.

“After great conversations, I am still 10,000 percent committed to USF, Coach Golesh, Jared Peery, USF football,” Tate announced.

Tate initially committed to USF June 17.

Tennessee’s Alex Fagan joins USF’s staff

Tennessee’s Jack Taylor to join Alex Golesh’s USF staff

Tyler Hudanick to serve as assistant coach for Alex Golesh at USF

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Alex Golesh details first days as USF’s head coach, commitment to Vols in 2022

Alex Golesh details his first days as USF’s head coach and his commitment to the Vols in 2022.

Alex Golesh was named head coach at South Florida on Dec. 4.

He served as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach from 2021-22.

Golesh appeared on “The Jim Rome Show” Tuesday.

He said taking the USF head coaching job was part of a long plan.

“I’ve spent the last two summers, I spent time putting together a detailed plan,” he said. “I looked at what the first day would look like, what would the second day look like and what the first week would look like.

“I thought about what the first three hours would look like, what the first six hours would look like and what the first nine hours would look like.”

Golesh said he was committed to Tennessee and head coach Josh Heupel during the 2022 season.

“I asked not to talk to anybody until the season was over,” he said. “As soon as our last game was over and we beat Vanderbilt, my phone rang. It was my agent, and he said ‘are you ready?’ I said I just need to enjoy this.”

During the 2022 season, Tennessee finished 10-2 (6-2 SEC).

“I planned on staying and working with Josh,” Golesh said. “We flipped the program; we didn’t get to take that last step.”

Golesh inherits a South Florida program that won one game in 2022. The former Tennessee assistant coach discussed the challenge in rebuilding the Bulls’ program.

“I’m excited,” he said. “I’ve never chased a job, and I never interviewed for a job until this one.

“I always just wanted to do the best job I could, at the job I had, and not worry about the next one.”

USF kicks off its 2023 season Sept. 2 at Western Kentucky.

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Tennessee’s Alex Fagan joins USF’s staff

Tennessee’s Alex Fagan joins Alex Golesh’s staff at USF.

Alex Golesh was hired as USF’s head coach on Dec. 4.

Golesh served as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach from 2021-22.

Alex Fagan served as a student assistant at Tennessee from 2021-22 alongside Golesh. He was a student assistant at UCF from 2019-20.

Fagan will serve as an offensive graduate assistant at USF under Golesh.

“I am thankful to Chairman Weatherford, President Law and Michael Kelly for their support and belief in me to bring the USF program back to the top of college football,” Golesh said in a press release after being hired at USF. “I’m excited to be back in the state of Florida and work with the great high school coaches in this state.

“This program will have an identity both offensively and defensively, and with special teams. We will be the most aggressive team in the country, both on the field and on the recruiting trail. I am humbled by the opportunity, and I appreciate the commitment from this University and Bulls Nation to hiring the best staff in the country. My family and I can’t wait to get going.”

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Tennessee’s Jack Taylor to join Alex Golesh’s USF staff

Tennessee’s Jack Taylor to join Alex Golesh’s USF staff.

Tennessee offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Alex Golesh was named head coach at South Florida Dec. 4.

Tennessee offensive analyst Jack Taylor will join Golesh’s staff at USF. He will serve as tight ends coach per FootballScoop.

Taylor worked with tight ends at Tennessee from 2021-22.

He came to Tennessee from UCF. From 2019-20, he served as a quality control specialist for UCF’s offense.

Taylor developed practice plans, team goals and improvement strategies working directly with Josh Heupel, while leading the Knights’ scout team.

Vols Wire shared news about Tyler Hudanick joining Golesh’s staff Dec. 7. He will serve as USF’s offensive line coach.

Hudanick served as an offensive line graduate assistant for the Vols from 2021-22.

Hudanick played for Josh Heupel in 2018 at UCF. He was a member UCF’s 2017 and 2018 American Athletic Conference championship teams. Hudanick started 28 games in his career for the Knights on the offensive line.

Coaching options for Tennessee in replacing Alex Golesh

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