Scott Frost

Scott Frost

Frost in 2018
Personal information
Born:	(1975-01-04) January 4, 1975 (age 49) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school:	Wood River (Wood River, Nebraska)
College:	Stanford (1993–1994) Nebraska (1995–1997)
NFL draft:	1998 / Round: 3 / Pick: 67
Career history
As a player:
New York Jets (1998–2000) Cleveland Browns (2001) Green Bay Packers (2001–2002) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2003)
As a coach:
Nebraska (2002) Graduate assistant Kansas State (2006) Graduate assistant Northern Iowa (2007) Linebackers coach Northern Iowa (2008) Co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach Oregon (2009–2012) Wide receivers coach Oregon (2013–2015) Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach UCF (2016–2017) Head coach Nebraska (2018–2022) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× National champion (1995, 1997) Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year (1996) As head coach: Colley National champion (2017) AAC East Division champion (2017) AAC champion (2017) AAC Coach of the Year (2017)[1] AFCA Coach of the Year (2017)[2] AP College Football Coach of the Year (2017)[3] Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2017)[4] FCA Coach of the Year (2017)[5] Home Depot Coach of the Year (2017)[6] Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2017)[7]
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 72 Sacks: 1.0 Interceptions: 1
Head coaching record
Career:	35–38 (college)
Player stats at PFR

Scott Andrew Frost (born January 4, 1975) is a former American football coach and player. He was the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 2018 to 2022. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Frost played college football as a quarterback for the Stanford Cardinal and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the latter of which he led to a shared national championship in 1997. He played six years in the NFL, mostly on special teams.

After retiring as a player, Frost served as an assistant coach for a number of college football teams, most notably as the offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks from 2013 to 2015, where he helped coach Heisman trophy-winner Marcus Mariota and the 2014 Oregon Ducks to a berth in the first college football playoff, where they lost to Ohio State in the national championship game.

Frost was subsequently hired as the head coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he coached for two seasons. After an inaugural season of 6–7 in 2016, Frost's 2017 UCF Knights posted a 13–0 record, winning the American Athletic Conference championship and defeating the Auburn Tigers in the Peach Bowl. The Colley Matrix recognized the 2017 UCF team as national champions,^[8] and the school claims a national title despite not receiving an invitation to participate in the college football playoff broadcast by ESPN.^[9] The NCAA openly recognizes UCF as co-champs with Alabama in the official record book. This remains Frost's only winning season as a head coach.

In December 2017, Frost accepted the head coaching position at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska. Frost's coaching record at Nebraska was 16–31, with a 10–26 record in the Big Ten Conference, a 5–22 record in games decided by eight points or less, and an 0–14 record against ranked opponents. Nebraska fired Frost three games into the 2022 season after an upset loss at home against Georgia Southern.