Knights Basketball Coach Kirk Speraw Out
Basketball, News — By Staff on March 15, 2010 at 2:01 pmThe man Knights basketball fans have known as their coach for more than a decade will not return next year.
UCF Athletics announced Monday that the school “will not retain” — or in other words has fired — head men’s basketball coach Kirk Speraw.
“I want to thank Coach Speraw for his tenure at the University of Central Florida, leading our men’s basketball program,” Tribble said. “This was not an easy decision, but one we felt will serve in the best interest of our program’s direction. Coach Speraw has always gone about his position with integrity and class and we appreciate all he and his staff have contributed to UCF basketball. This is the right time to make a change in direction.”
Speraw has led the Knights since 1993. The decision comes after he recruited Marcus Jordan, son of NBA legend Michael Jordan, to play for the Knights.
UCF Athletics is holding a press conference at 3 p.m. to discuss the decision. KnightNews.com’s Matt Fontana will attend and provide a full report later today.
Associate Head Coach Mike Jaskulski will serve as interim coach until a successor is named.
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3 Comments
“Improvement at several positions on the team”
If there was improvement overall we would have had a better season so I don’t agree with that point.
I will agree that it was a young team. If I was tribble, I would have given him one more year. He deserved that after 17 years with UCF. I would have liked to have kept him on the staff at least.
We’re the 3rd largest school in the nation though. We should consistently be competing within the top 1/3rd of Conference USA but we haven’t done that in the last 3 years. I think this year we were in the bottom 3 teams.
Speraw has his best recruiting year. Attendance is at its highest. Improvement at several positions on the team, especially the guards. Why now? Why not let him develop this young team (that he brought in)? Why not see if the team is better next year?