South Florida Fans, do not fear, we now have a new head coach!
Skip Holtz has agreed in principle to be the new head coach of the South Florida Bulls this afternoon. Earlier reports on several sports outlets said that the East Carolina AD stated that Holtz is not leaving East Carolina.
Holtz will be replacing former Bulls coach Jim Leavitt after his immediate firing earlier this month for placing his hands on one of his players and then lying about it.
Holtz won two Conference USA titles with East Carolina, compiling 38 victories with the program. He previously coached at Connecticut before they came into Division 1 football. He is the son of Lou Holtz who last coached at South Carolina, and now is a college football analyst for ESPN.
Personally, i believe that this is a very good hire as he can take this program to the next level, which would be winning a Big East title and possibly playing in a BCS bowl game for the first time in program history. The one notable player that he has coached at East Carolina is Titans running back Chris Johnson, who happens to be the NFL offensive player of the year.
I'm not saying that Holtz is going to turn our program around right away, but the truth of the matter is, Jim Leavitt took the program as high as it could possibly go. It was about time he stepped down, but in this case, he was fired.
Maybe this will be the beginning of a new era for South Florida football.
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