http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4807719 TAMPA, Fla. -- South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt was fired Friday after an investigation concluded he grabbed one of his players by the throat and slapped him in the face during halftime of a game. A letter hand-delivered to the coach and released along with a report on the three-week probe said Leavitt's dismissal was based in part on "independently corroborated statements of persons found to be in the best position to observe your conduct." The only coach in the program's 13-year history told The Associated Press he was "disappointed" and the allegation was "absolutely false." Leavitt just completed the second season of a seven-year, $12.6 million contract. A South Florida staff member told ESPN's Joe Schad that the entire coaching staff will be fired, but the university said coaches were told it would be up to Leavitt's successor whether they will be retained.
Leavitt is a fucking nut job. How that program has avoided investigation until just recently is beyond me. I've heard Tommy Tubberville, is a leading candidate for the vacancy.
And a bad move for Tubbs, he's deserving of a much better job than that. If I were him he should just wait it out.
Tubbs at USF would be huge for the school, but like GH said, not a great career move. The foundation USF is sitting on is brittle, wrong move could cripple that program. Too many NQs, hardship waivers, and just overall poor characters on one team.
It's crazy all these coaches that did amazing jobs at schools you would never expect that are getting fired left and right. Mangino, leach, leavitt.
I'm not to sure about that. Leach seemed like he was on his way out despite the 5 year extension(sounds incredibly stupid, I know). After all the emails that came out between the Texas Tech President, the TT boosters, and Leach it seems like he was one poor decision away from getting booted. He couldn't stand his bosses and the TT admin seemed to have gotten tired of his antics. The way Leach purportedly handled himself tells me that he wasn't really willing to work with anyone over his head. The Leach firing was coming, it just got a here a little early.
