Which former American football player was the starting quarterback for the Cornhuskers in 1997 and now serves as the current head coach of UCF Knight football?
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UCF Knights football The UCF Knights football team represents The University of Central Florida (UCF) in the sport of American football. The Knights compete in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the East Division of the American Athletic Conference (The American). Their current head coach is Scott Frost, who began his tenure at the start of the 2016 season. The Knights play their home games at the 45,000 seat Spectrum Stadium. The stadium is located on UCF's main campus in Orlando, Florida, United States.
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Scott Frost Scott Andrew Frost (born January 4, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He was previously the offensive coordinator at the University of Oregon. He played six years in the National Football League with the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Frost was the starting quarterback for Tom Osborne's undefeated Nebraska Cornhuskers 1997 team that shared the national championship with the Michigan Wolverines.
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Chris Creighton Christopher William Creighton (born February 7, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Eastern Michigan University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. Creighton served as the head coach at Ottawa University from 1997 to 2000 and at Wabash College from 2001 to 2007 before moving to Drake University for the 2008 through 2013 seasons.
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Sean Ryan (American football coach) Sean Ryan (born May 1, 1972) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL).
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Stefan LeFors Stefan Wayne LeFors (born June 7, 1981) is a former quarterback in American and Canadian football who is currently a high school coach. He was originally drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round (121st overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Louisville.
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Jeremy Bates (American football) Jeremy Bates (born August 27, 1976) is an American football coach and former player. He was the quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), a position he assumed in February 2012. Bates has previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks and quarterbacks coach for the USC Trojans football team.
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Dalton Williams Dalton Williams is a former American football quarterback and current graduate assistant for the West Virginia Mountaineers football program. Williams finished playing college football at Akron after transferring from Stephen F. Austin.
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2007 UCF Knights football team The 2007 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary. 2007 was the first year the Knights played all of their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium, which they had just opened on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida.
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List of UCF Knights in the NFL Draft The University of Central Florida first fielded a varsity football team in 1979, and ascended to Division I–A, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), in 1996. The Knights entered an Automatic Qualifying conference in 2013, and won the program's first major bowl game. In 1987, Ted Wilson became the first Knight to be selected in an NFL Draft when he was selected in the tenth round by the Washington Redskins. Since Wilson's selection, thirty-four Knights have been drafted into the National Football League, including two first round selections. The highest a UCF player has been drafted is third overall in 2014, when quarterback Blake Bortles was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Tom Greene (American football) Thomas W. Greene (born January 1, 1938) is a former American football quarterback and punter in the American Football League. He played for the Boston Patriots and Dallas Texans. He played college football for the Holy Cross Crusaders.
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Randy Hedberg Randolph R. Hedberg (born December 27, 1954) is an American football coach and a former player. He is currently the quarterbacks coach at North Dakota State University. Hedberg played as a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL in 1977. He served as the head football coach at Minot State University from 1982 to 1989 and at St. Cloud State University from 1999 to 2007, compiling a career college football record of 92–74–2.
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List of UCF Knights football seasons The UCF Knights college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing The University of Central Florida in the American Athletic Conference (The American). Since the program's first season in 1979 under Don Jonas, the Knights have played over 400 regular-season games, earning 216 official victories. UCF and has won four division championships (2005, 2007, 2010, 2012), four conference championships (2007, 2010, 2013, 2014), and has made six postseason appearances since joining FBS (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012), including the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, a BCS Bowl. The Knights current head coach is Scott Frost, former offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks. The Knights have played their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium located on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida since 2007.
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Tom Sorley Tom K. Sorley of Big Spring, Texas is a former University of Nebraska Cornhusker quarterback. An All-State quarterback at Big Spring High School, Sorley quarterbacked the Huskers to a 27-9-1 record and wins in two bowl games.
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Jammal Lord Jammal Alberto Lord (born January 10, 1981) is a former American football quarterback that started for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was selected with the tenth pick of the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans to play safety. He finished his pro football career playing at wide receiver and cornerback for the Indoor Football League's Abilene Ruff Riders in 2007.
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Brad Johnson (American football) James Bradley "Brad" Johnson (born September 13, 1968) is a former American football quarterback. Johnson grew up in Black Mountain, North Carolina. At Florida State University, Johnson originally played college basketball before switching to football in his third year. The Minnesota Vikings drafted Johnson in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He spent seven seasons with the Vikings and two seasons with the Washington Redskins before becoming the starting quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2001. He led the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl XXXVII title. He played for the Buccaneers for four seasons from 2001 to 2004, the Minnesota Vikings for two more seasons from 2005 to 2006, and the Dallas Cowboys where he played in 2007.
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Michael Taylor (American football) Michael A. Taylor is a former American football player. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1986 to 1989, the final four years of Bo Schembechler's tenure as the school's head football coach. He was Michigan's starting quarterback in 1988 and 1989 and led the Wolverines to Big Ten Conference championships both years. He finished his career at Michigan as the school's all-time leader in passing efficiency.
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John Paye John Paye (born March 30, 1965) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and a high school basketball coach.
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Danny Wimprine Daniel "Danny" Wimprine (born August 6, 1981) is a former American football quarterback.
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Kerwin Bell Kerwin Douglas Bell (born June 15, 1965) is an American college and professional football coach and former player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), World League of American Football (WLAF) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Bell played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for four NFL teams, one WLAF team and four CFL teams. He was the head coach of the Jacksonville Dolphins football team of Jacksonville University from 2007 to 2015. He was announced as the head coach of the Valdosta State Blazers football team of Valdosta State University on January 22, 2016.
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Mark Murdock (quarterback) Mark Murdock, Jr is a former American football quarterback. He was the starting quarterback of the Texas Longhorns in 1988-89. He set several records for a freshman quarterback at Texas in 1988.
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Alan Gooch Alan Gooch is an American former college football coach and sports executive. He is the executive director of the Orlando Sports Foundation. Gooch served as the interim head football coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF) for two games in 2003. Following the dismissal of Mike Kruczek, Gooch coached the final two games of the 2003 season, against Marshall and the Miami RedHawks. He previously served as the assistant head coach, from 1998 to 2003. While the assistant head coach, he had future-Auburn head coach Gene Chizik on his staff from 1998 to 2001.
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Ken Mastrole Ken Mastrole (born February 25, 1977) is an American former football player. He played as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), NFL Europe, and intercollegiate football at the University of Maryland and University of Rhode Island.