In his 35 months as USF’s football coach, Jeff Scott overhauled the Bulls’ culture, helped upgrade facilities and reworked the roster with a nationally lauded transfer class. He was a fundraising partner at a crucial time in program history, brought in players who stayed out of trouble and was regarded as a good man in a profession where decency is in short supply.
But the Bulls fired him Sunday because Scott failed at the most basic part of his $2.4 million-a-year job: Coaching.
His 4-26 record over two-plus seasons is the worst in state history among major-college coaches who lasted more than one year. His teams looked ill prepared and out of sorts, and Scott looked too much like a first-time college head coach who was never the primary play caller during his championship-winning stint as a Clemson assistant.
