UCF apparently pursued USC’s Lincoln Riley for head training job

Who would be UCF’s top option to change Gus Malzahn as head coach? Apparently, USC’s Lincoln Riley.

UCF reached out to Riley about endingupbeing its next head coach last week in the wake of Malzahn’s resignation however had not gotten a action from Riley’s camp as of Wednesday earlymorning, according to The Athletic. Riley attendedto the matter Wednesday afternoon in a press conference, mentioning that talks of him leaving USC for another program are a “non-starter” and that he’s “at home” with the Trojans.

Meanwhile, Riley is completing up his 3rd season at USC, which is 6-6 in its veryfirst season in the Big Ten. The Trojans are a integrated 25-14 under Riley, however have lost 11 of their past 19 videogames. Two years ago, Riley won 11 of his veryfirst 12 videogames at USC and led the program to the Pac-12 title videogame, while quarterback Caleb Williams won the Heisman Trophy. 

Riley came to USC — along with Williams — following a five-year stint as the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners (2017-21), where he went 55-10 and made the College Football Playoff 3 times.

USC will discover out its bowl videogame challenger Sunday after the College Football Playoff bracket is exposed. 

The Golden Knights simply covered up a 4-8 season, their 2nd in the Big12 They went a integrated 28-24 under Malzahn from 2021 to2024 Malzahn left following the group’s Week 14 loss to Utah to endedupbeing the offensive planner at Florida State.

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