{"id":13400,"date":"2018-02-20T21:54:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T21:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=13400&post_type=story"},"modified":"2020-05-21T19:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T19:02:22","slug":"josh-heupel-named-ucf-football-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/josh-heupel-named-ucf-football-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Heupel Named UCF Football Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
Spring 2018<\/em> PHOTO BY ALEX MENENDEZ<\/span> [blockquote source=”Josh Heupel, head coach” cite=”” color=”” css_class=””]\u201cI\u2019m going to make the most of this opportunity, and make [UCF] and this state very proud of the product that we put out there on the football field.\u201d[\/blockquote]<\/p>\n [divider][\/divider]<\/p>\n
\n[lead]UCF officially announced Josh Heupel (pronounced \u201chype-ul\u201d) as the new head coach of UCF Football on December 5. A former quarterback who led the Oklahoma Sooners to the 2000 BCS National Championship, Heupel served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Missouri for two seasons. Under his direction, in 2017, the Missouri Tigers ranked No. 7 in the nation for total offense. UCF Football enters its next chapter September 1.[\/lead]<\/p>\n
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