{"id":117364,"date":"2021-01-27T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=117364"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:02:26","slug":"ucf-announces-athletics-leadership-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-announces-athletics-leadership-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Announces Athletics Leadership Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Central Florida and UCF Athletics have made interim appointments to the director of athletics and head football coach positions.<\/p>\n

Scott Carr, deputy athletics director for brand activation, is now serving as interim director of athletics. The UCF football team’s defensive coordinator Randy Shannon will serve as interim head football coach following the departure of Josh Heupel to the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n

UCF will move quickly to hire a director of athletics<\/a>, whose first job will then be to hire a head football coach. The university anticipates finalizing the selection of a search firm this week to help to identify and recruit the best candidates for director of athletics. The search process will include input from coaches, athletics staff and student-athletes.<\/p>\n

“With our two vacancies, we have an opportunity to define the future of UCF Athletics,” President Alexander N. Cartwright says. “When we had a similar opportunity five years ago, UCF made many hires that quickly elevated the national profile of our athletics programs. I look forward to working with all of our coaches, student-athletes, athletics staff and fans to continue building on our momentum.”<\/p>\n

Interim Director of Athletics<\/h2>\n