Followed Mike Riley. Scott Frost held Nebraska at Power Program III for 5 seasons.
It’s hard to be at your best in Week 1
I’m a lot more confident
The thing I feel best about is the type of people we have on the team
We have trouble identifying captains this year because there’s too many guys that qualify for it
Statistically last year — and I don’t know if it will hold up — but being old as a football team was a huge advantage statistically
I’m excited about Ty
I feel great about our depth at almost every spot
and not just having depth, but having quality depth that can go in and perform well. I think we’re a lot deeper team than we were.
I really want him to come out and have a really good first game
I just think he was underrated when you look at the portal and quarterbacks in general
He’s made our offensive line better
It’s going to be nice and refreshing to have a guy that everybody looks to and knows that he’s the guy
Alonza has played a lot of football games
We didn’t really have that a year ago either, the vocal guy out in front
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Power Program in his 5th career season — faster than 30% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #251 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
1–9 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Kirk Ferentz.
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
Frost really needs to know when using an early timeout would be good, been a couple times where his defense needed a second and he’s just letting it play out
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB
Scott Frost for UCF could be on this list soon. The man has had a losing record every year as a head coach since that magical 2017 season
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 17, 2026 · via Josh Pate's College Football Show
2026 UCF preview, Frost year 2 and a Sun Belt POY at QB. What'd I get wrong? Been going team by team on 2026 previews and just wrapped UCF.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 30, 2026 · via UCFKnights
Landen Chambers: he needs to get UCF first downs and TDs on short yardage, can guarantee 3 to 6 yds on first downs, and can pick up blitzers and DEs to protect AB. That was totally missing last year and cost us 3 wins, lots of TDs, and ended most drives. I think Frost will devise signals to win on the road against manufactured deafening noise. Yes, so many opponents had experienced, returning QBs last year.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 24, 2026 · via Sons of UCF
Scott Frost has a 14 game win streak at UCF and people are trying to gaslight me saying it was a bad hire? How many does he need to change their minds?
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 29, 2025 · via CFB
Scott frost gonna make this offense look 18x better with less talent just because of how bad Gus Malzahn fucking is ahahahaha
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 28, 2025 · via CFB
9th-best Nebraska tenure of 18 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Mike Riley (2015–2017) · succeeded by Matt Rhule (2023–2026).
| Season | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 3–9 | 3–6 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #23 | #18 | #20 | #20 | #41 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||
| Pass rate | 46.5 | 37.3 | 40.6 | 41.1 | 44.7 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||
| OC | Troy Walters | Troy Walters | Matt Lubick | Matt Lubick | Mark Whipple | |
| DC | Erik Chinander | Erik Chinander | Erik Chinander | Erik Chinander | Erik Chinander | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | 77 | 33 | 61 | 71 | 36 | |
| Defense | 43 | 65 | 48 | 52 | 37 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 46.4 | 37.2 | 34.5 | 40.7 | 43.2 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 38.8 | 22.5 | 29.7 | 21.4 | 36.8 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 52.9 | 31.8 | 32.3 | 39.5 | 21.1 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
10 NFL Draft picks: Tanner Lee (2018), Khalil Davis (2020), Carlos Davis (2020), Brenden Jaimes (2021), Matt Farniok (2021), Cameron Jurgens (2022), Cam Taylor-Britt (2022), Samori Toure (2022) + 2 more
4th-best UCF tenure of 7 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed George O'Leary (2004–2015).
| Season | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||
| Record | 6–7 | 13–0 | 12–1 | 10–3 | 6–4 | 9–4 | 9–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | W bowl | L bowl | W bowl | L bowl | W bowl | L bowl | L bowl | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #65 | #55 | #62 | #59 | #71 | #55 | #53 | #50 | #35 | #79 | #66 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||
| Pass rate | 46.0 | 45.9 | 39.8 | 45.0 | 47.9 | 45.0 | 42.3 | 40.9 | 37.5 | 51.0 | 46.9 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||
| OC | Troy Walters | Troy Walters | — | Jeff Lebby | Alex Golesh / Anthony Tucker | GJ Kinne / Tim Harris Jr. | Chip Lindsey | Darin Hinshaw | Tim Harris Jr. / Darin Hinshaw | Steve Cooper | Steve Cooper | |
| DC | Erik Chinander | Erik Chinander | Randy Shannon | Randy Shannon | Randy Shannon | David Gibbs / Travis Williams | David Gibbs / Travis Williams | David Gibbs / Addison Williams | Ted Roof / Addison Williams | Alex Grinch | Alex Grinch | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||
| Offense | 5 | 96 | 95 | 88 | 90 | 49 | 71 | 88 | 54 | 27 | 82 | |
| Defense | 96 | 54 | 57 | 87 | 43 | 58 | 27 | 75 | 71 | 57 | 78 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 46.8 | 44.4 | 43.4 | 51.4 | 49.9 | 39.4 | 35.8 | 40.4 | 32.7 | 47.3 | 54.3 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 32.1 | 37.8 | 28.5 | 33.6 | 40.4 | 44.7 | 32.7 | 38.7 | 22.5 | 30.5 | 27.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 40.4 | 33.3 | 42.9 | 52.6 | 51.5 | 35.3 | 48.8 | 41.2 | 44.1 | 45.7 | — | |
A portal-built roster.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
18 NFL Draft picks: Shaquill Griffin (2017), Mike Hughes (2018), Tre'Quan Smith (2018), Jordan Akins (2018), Shaquem Griffin (2018), Trysten Hill (2019), Gabriel Davis (2020), Richie Grant (2021) + 10 more
AI Narratives — “UCF's 2025 Season: A Tale of Two Halves” and 1 more on the team page.