South Florida to name Skip Holtz to be its next football coach
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Bill Jempty | Thursday, January 14, 2010 |
He replaces the recently fired Jim Leavitt. From ESPN-
Skip Holtz is leaving East Carolina to take over as coach at South Florida.
Holtz informed the team of his decision in a meeting Thursday afternoon, team spokesman Tom McClellan said.
South Florida fired coach Jim Leavitt earlier this month after a school investigation concluded he grabbed a player by the throat, slapped him in the face, then lied about it. Leavitt denied the allegations and insisted his dismissal was unwarranted.
The 45-year-old Holtz has led East Carolina to two consecutive Conference USA championships and 38 victories in four seasons. He also coached at Connecticut in the 1990s in the years before UConn became a Division I-A (FBS) program.
Unlike Leavitt, Holtz is likely to use SF as a stepping stone towards a more prestigious college football coaching job. There is nothing wrong with ambition as long as 1- The coach is honest about it 2- The University avoids hiring someone who is ambitious and only in the job for themselves. In other words, a coach who will get a university into NCAA trouble then bolt just before sanctions are to be handed down. Someone like John Calipari.
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