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Scott Frost is thrilled to be back at UCF, and he’s not holding back in describing how bad of a run he had working for his alma mater.
Frost, who received a five-year deal to return and lead the Knights in December, ripped his time at Nebraska on Tuesday at the Big 12’s media days. Frost, who was fired from Nebraska just three games into the 2022 campaign, said there was one very clear thing he learned from his time with the Cornhuskers.
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“Don’t take the wrong job,” he said, via The Athletic’s Chris Vannini.
Frost was hired at Nebraska, where he played and went to school, in 2018 after two dominant seasons at UCF — including one where they went a perfect 13-0 just two years after a winless season. Frost, however, struggled badly in Lincoln. The Cornhuskers never had a winning season under his watch and had back-to-back three-win campaigns. Frost was then fired early during the 2022 season. In total, he went 16-31 there.
Nebraska has since hired Matt Rhule to replace him. Rhule got the Cornhuskers to their first bowl game in eight years last season.
The jump to Nebraska for Frost seemed like the perfect fit at the time, at least on paper. UCF was still in the American conference — it joined the Big 12 in 2023 — so moving to the Big Ten was a significant step up. He had significant connections at the school, too, and was their quarterback during their national championship season in 1997.
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But now, at least looking back, Frost said he was kind of just forced into the job.
“I said I wouldn’t leave [UCF] unless it was someplace you could win a national championship,” he said. “I got tugged in a direction to try to help my alma mater and didn’t really want to do it. It wasn’t a good move. I’m lucky to get back to a place where I was a lot happier.”
Frost is now tasked with bringing the Knights’ program back after a rough campaign last fall. He’ll take over for Gus Malzahn, who left in November to become the offensive coordinator at Florida State. The Knights went 4-8 last season and went 2-7 in Big 12 play while failing to reach a bowl game for the first time since 2015.
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