Leaving UCF was the biggest mistake of Scott Frost's career

Everyone who is a UCF football fan knows who Scott Frost is. He is the man behind the undefeated 2017 season, otherwise known throughout UCF as the National Championship season.

Scott Frsot took over a UCF program in 2016 that had just gone winless in 2015 under legendary coach George O'Leary. It seemed like an impossible task, but in just two seasons, Frost was able to take a defeated program in every aspect to an undefeated program by 2017.

It just seemed like the right fit, a former National Champion, now leading a National Championship team. Frost was brilliant with the players he had at UCF. He found McKenzie Milton in Hawaii, brought him to Florida, and turned him into a winning quarterback.

Then everything changed.

After the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championship win over Memphis to stay undefeated and clinch a spot in a New Year Six bowl, it was announced that Frost would be leaving UCF to go home to Nebraska and be the new head coach of the Cornhuskers. Frost, originally from Nebraska, was returning to his alma mater where he once also won a National Championship.

Even though he still coached in the Peach Bowl and helped lead UCF to victory over Auburn, there was still a dark feeling of what would come next for the Knights.

Frost knew what was ahead, but the Knights would now have to go through the process of finding a new head coach and learning a new system, everything would be new. For Frost, however, he would get to return home, return to familiarity.

However, there was nothing familiar about his time at Nebraska.

Scott Frost went from undefeated to winning just four games his first season with Nebraska, however many fans knew that winning would take some time as Frost had to get his recruits and build his program.

Fans, however, waited and waited and waited and the winning never happened. Frost won five game his second year, three games the following two seasons, and then after starting his fifth season 1-2, Nebraska decided to part ways with him.

So, was leaving UCF so soon the biggest mistake of Scott Frost's career?

Many people would say yes, however, I believe he could have still left UCF, but just at a later time.

Frost was able to take a beaten-down program and build something, but that was in just two seasons. He could have stayed for the 2018 season and it all could have fallen apart and then Frost's true colors would have shown. He needed to prove himself more and staying at UCF for another year or two would have given him the opportunity to do that.

After being fired in September 2022, Frost has yet to find another coaching job of any sort. He has stated in a recent interview with CBS Sports that he is ready to get back into it, he just needs the right opportunity.

Maybe a reunion could be in the cards at UCF as a coordinator? Time will tell where Frost will end up next.