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Tony Dungy tweets Nebraska ‘missed its opportunity’ to hire Scott Frost
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There’s no doubt that, if new Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos wants to make a coaching change for the Huskers’ football program, Scott Frost will be one of the top names on his candidate list.
With UCF starting the season 5-0 and ranked No. 20 in the nation, there’s already been a huge outcry for Nebraska officials to start reaching out to Frost, who is a former Huskers quarterback who played from 1996-97. And due to the growing speculation of Nebraska’s potential interest in Frost, UCF has launched a campaign to try and raise $1.5 million for its “Football Excellence Fund,” presumably as an attempt to offer its head coach a significant raise.
Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel reported that athletic director Danny White sent out a news release on Tuesday to announce the fundraiser. Currently, Frost makes nearly $2 million per year, so a good chunk of the money raised by the “Football Excellence Fund” would be expected to go directly to Frost’s salary or to improve the salaries of his assistant coaches.
After catching wind of the whole ordeal on Tuesday, former NFL head coach and Super Bowl champion Tony Dungy offered some of his thoughts on the situation. And it’s safe to say that he doesn’t have any sympathy for Nebraska or any other Power Five team that failed to see the potential in Frost prior to his arrival at UCF.
Nebraska missed its opportunity to hire Frost. Just as several Power 5 teams did. They are building something special at @UCF_Football https://t.co/9PbnE5dpHs
— Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) October 17, 2017
Dungy’s right. Not only are the Knights nationally ranked and undefeated, they own the most prolific offense in all of college football through the first seven weeks of the season.
Frost was hired at UCF for the 2016 season. That year, Frost turned around a program that went 0-12 in 2015 and got the Knights to bowl eligibility with a 6-6 mark in the regular season. They’re currently on pace to exceed that win total.
As the coaching carousel continues to rotate, Frost’s name will only grow in popularity. It’ll be interesting if this “Football Excellence Fund” would raise enough money to keep the UCF head coach in Orlando, despite being poached by his alma mater and other power teams.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB