UCF Knights football
Head coaches
UCF has had 11 head coaches since organized football began in 1979. Gene McDowell, George O'Leary, and Scott Frost have led the Knights to the postseason.

UCF Knights football

Section Title: Head coaches
Table Section Text: UCF has had 11 head coaches since organized football began in 1979. Gene McDowell, George O'Leary, and Scott Frost have led the Knights to the postseason.

Coach	Tenure	Record	Bowl/playoff record	Pct

Don Jonas	1979–1981	14–12–1	.537

Sam Weir	1982	0–10	.000

Lou Saban	1983–1984	6–12	.333

Jerry Anderson †	1984	1–3	.250

Gene McDowell	1985–1997	86–61	3–3	.585

Mike Kruczek	1998–2003	36–30	.545

Alan Gooch †	2003	0–2	.000

George O'Leary	2004–2015	81–68	3–4	.544

Danny Barrett †	2015	0–4	.000

Scott Frost	2016–2017	19–7	1–1	.731

Josh Heupel	2018–present	12–1	0–1	.923

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Kruczek ended his 6-year stewardship of UCF with a 36–30 (.545) record.

final_sentence: Kruczek ended his 6-year stewardship of UCF with a 36–30 (.545) record.