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The University of South Florida has made a football coaching change.
The school has officially parted ways with head coach Jeff Scott. He went 4-26 in almost three full seasons as head coach.
BREAKING: The University of South Florida has fired head coach Jeff Scott and DC Bob Shoop, per @ChrisVannini.
USF had a 4-26 record during Scott’s three-year tenure. pic.twitter.com/r30QWdDsHd
— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) November 6, 2022
USF Athletic Director Michael Kelly released a statement to confirm the news and said that Scott wasn’t meeting the program’s expectations.
“When Jeff came to Tampa in December of 2019, we had high expectations for where he could take our football program,” Kelly said. “While he did so many things right, including rebuilding our culture, pushing forward our Indoor Performance Facility, and engaging our community, the on-the-field results fell well below our standards. He is a tremendous person and class individual and we wish him, Sara, Savannah, and Hunter all the best in the future.”
College football fans aren’t surprised by this news.
Really thought Jeff Scott was gonna turn things around there https://t.co/Bp5kP8QaF6
— jackie (@YaAlreadyNole) November 6, 2022
Had to be done https://t.co/FYEPPCzfTL
— Ryan Michael (@OaknerRyan) November 6, 2022
Has been a rough start for the Dabo coaching tree https://t.co/dnO7Al5gjF
— Oscar (@GeorgeStHelms) November 6, 2022
Remember covering that and thought it was a good move for the program. Something just never clicked there https://t.co/BznMoKTCgQ
— Nick Villano (@nickipediaWFTS) November 6, 2022
Dabo Swinney has one of the strangest coaching trees in college football.
Four of his coordinator hires have become head coaches: Jeff Scott (USF), Chad Morris (SMU, Arkansas), Brent Venables (Oklahoma), Tony Elliott (Virginia).
Those coaches are 30-76 combined.
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) November 6, 2022
The best of luck to Jeff Scott and his family. He’ll learn from this, and he could be a terrific head coach somewhere someday.
The way those in the building defended him and his character to the end showed he tried to do it the right way.
But this was a must do decision. https://t.co/hibAlCSmZH
— Collin Sherwin (@CollinSherwin) November 6, 2022
Daniel Da Prato will be the team’s interim head coach for the remainder of the season.