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@PeteThamel: SOURCES: UCF’s Josh Heupel is finalizing a deal to be the next coach at Tennessee. Details here at @yahoosports: Sources: UCF's Josh Heupel finalizing deal to become Tennessee's next head coach
Shocked he would move now, honestly. Heupel would have had a top 10/15 UCF team this coming year and a chance at a NY6 Bowl game if the ball bounced his way (Cincy would be the toughest competition there, but they lose parts of the defense that made them good, so it'll be a toss-up in that game this year).
His resume is good enough to wait for--and get--a job at an upper-tier program that's not going to be facing NCAA sanctions and a total rebuild on the roster. It'll be years before Tennessee is good, even under a best-case scenario. Frost is learning that the hard way: a brilliant coach, but lacks the talent to make his system go and finding it hard on the recruiting trail to sell a presently losing program.