Scott Frost is a name that UCF fans have both loved and hated throughout the years. They love it when he brought the team from being 0-12 the year before he took over to being 13-0 and Peach Bowl National Champions. However, fans hated the name when, after that perfect season, Frost decided to leave the Knights to take the head coaching position at his Alma Mater, Nebraska.
Some fans even relished in the fact that Frost failed so epically at Nebraska and was without another head coaching job after his firing. However, when UCF was feeling some deja vu with the way that their football program was going, fans were ready to welcome Frost back with open arms after head coach Gus Malzahn had been fired.
Frost was hired back as the UCF football coach in early December, and he probably felt like some things were very similar to his first time around with the Knights. Frost is taking over a program that has been run down to rock bottom, and now he has to find a way to build it back up.
A few things are different, though, now than they were back in 2016 when Frost took over. UCF is no longer in the American Athletic Conference; now, they are in the Big 12, and the world of college football is certainly a whole new world. Frost is also not the same coach he was back when he left UCF in 2017.
College football is in a day in age where if a player is unhappy, they can just enter the transfer portal at any time and not have to sit out a year. UCF may have the appeal of being in the Big 12 and being in sunny Florida, but ultimately, if the team isn't performing, Frost is going to struggle to get guys in the building.
Frost showed a lot of innovation back when he first started with UCF, with his fast play and constantly moving on offense. However, his coaching style may have to change in his second stint with the Knights, depending on the players he is able to bring in.
Not everything may be the same this second time around for Frost at UCF, but he may try his best to recreate the success he had back in 2017.