UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Central Florida coach George O’Leary, who was named the school’s Interim Athletics director in June, has expressed a strong desire to assume the position full time and step down as football coach at the end of this season, according to two people who have communicated directly with school officials about the situation. The school was prepared to go through a standard national search for its next athletics director after Todd Stansbury departed for Oregon State earlier this year. Plans changed, however, once O’Leary approached school President John Hitt and other power brokers at UCF with the transition idea. Now the process is on hold as school officials consider the possibility. – Dan Wolken, USA TODAY Sports, Read More