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Former Coastal Carolina coach Tim Beck, shown before the Hawaii Bowl against San Jose State in 2023 in Honolulu, has been hired as USF's new offensive coordinator.
USF hires former Coastal Carolina coach Tim Beck to run offense
Beck has served as offensive coordinator at Texas and North Carolina State, among other stops.
USF loses Cure Bowl to Old Dominion in battle of backup quarterbacks
USF quarterback Gaston Moore (3) is sacked by multiple Old Dominion players during the Cure Bowl Wednesday in Orlando. He completed 20 of 28 passes for 236 yards before leaving with an injury.
The Bulls are outgained 255-52 on the ground, and quarterback Gaston Moore leaves with an injury.
USF Bulls on Cure Bowl quest for elusive 10-victory season
USF linebacker Mac Harris, running for a 93-yard touchdown on an interception return earlier this season against South Carolina State, will set a program record in Wednesday afternoon's Cure Bowl by playing in his 59th career game for the Bulls.
A game with seemingly no stakes holds great significance for USF’s upperclassmen.
USF’s Byrum Brown will be on headset, not in huddle, for Cure Bowl
In what likely was his last game as a USF Bull, quarterback Byrum Brown accounted for five touchdowns in his team's 52-3 triumph against Rice on Nov. 29 at Raymond James Stadium.
His immediate future unclear, the Bulls’ record-setting QB will serve as a bowl-game “assistant.”

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  1. North Carolina State cruises by Memphis in Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa
    • Sports
    N.C. State quarterback CJ Bailey (11), shown handing the ball off to Jayden Scott last month against North Carolina, threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns against Memphis in the Gasparilla Bowl Friday at Raymond James Stadium.
  2. USF hires former Coastal Carolina coach Tim Beck to run offense
    • USF Bulls
    Former Coastal Carolina coach Tim Beck, shown before the Hawaii Bowl against San Jose State in 2023 in Honolulu, has been hired as USF's new offensive coordinator.
  3. USF loses Cure Bowl to Old Dominion in battle of backup quarterbacks
    • USF Bulls
    USF quarterback Gaston Moore (3) is sacked by multiple Old Dominion players during the Cure Bowl Wednesday in Orlando. He completed 20 of 28 passes for 236 yards before leaving with an injury.
  5. USF Bulls on Cure Bowl quest for elusive 10-victory season
    • USF Bulls
    USF linebacker Mac Harris, running for a 93-yard touchdown on an interception return earlier this season against South Carolina State, will set a program record in Wednesday afternoon's Cure Bowl by playing in his 59th career game for the Bulls.
  6. Todd Bowles’ rant only the latest among bay area’s biggest meltdowns
    • Sports
    Minutes after Thursday night's 29-28 loss to the Falcons at Raymond James Stadium, head coach Todd Bowles would unleash a profanity-laden indictment of his .500 team.
  7. USF’s Byrum Brown will be on headset, not in huddle, for Cure Bowl
    • USF Bulls
    In what likely was his last game as a USF Bull, quarterback Byrum Brown accounted for five touchdowns in his team's 52-3 triumph against Rice on Nov. 29 at Raymond James Stadium.
  8. East Carolina’s Josh Aldridge hired as new USF defensive coordinator
    • USF Bulls
    Josh Aldridge, pictured while serving as interim coach at Liberty for the Boca Raton Bowl in 2022, is a former Auburn assistant and oversaw a defensive resurgence this season at East Carolina (8-4).
  9. ‘We will win at the highest level,’ new USF coach Brian Hartline says
    • USF Bulls
    “We will win at the highest level,” new USF football coach Brian Hartline declared during his introductory news conference Monday at the Gibbons Alumni Center on USF's campus in Tampa. “We will chase championships.”
  10. College Football Playoff, bowl schedule
    • Sports
    Receiver Mudia Reuben and USF will spend the bowl season in Orlando, facing Old Dominion in the Cure Bowl.
  11. USF to face Old Dominion in Cure Bowl in Orlando on Dec. 17
    • USF Bulls
    Veteran USF linebacker Mac Harris (24) and the Bulls are headed to Orlando for the bowl season, where they'll face Old Dominion in the Cure Bowl on Dec. 17.
  12. Emeka Egbuka says new USF coach is a perfectionist, lifted Buckeye receivers
    • Bucs
    Bucs rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka helped Ohio State win the College Football Playoff national championship last season under offensive coordinator Brian Hartline, who is USF's new head coach.
  13. Miami lands consensus top-10 signing class. FSU, Gators close behind
    • Sports
    Miami coach Mario Cristobal, center, landed a 30-player signing class Wednesday that was widely deemed the ACC's best.
  14. Not to get too excited USF landed Brian Hartline, but holy smoke!
    • Viewpoints
    Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline will bring his offense along with an incredible recruiting track record with him to to Tampa as the new coach of the USF Bulls.
  15. USF hires Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline as coach
    • USF Bulls
    Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline has been hired as seventh head coach in USF history.
  16. The latest look at who has signed with FSU, UF, USF, Miami, UCF
    • Gators
    Jesuit quarterback Will Griffin, an Under Armour All-American who threw for more than 11,000 yards in his Tigers career, signed with Florida Wednesday morning at a ceremony in St. Petersburg.
  17. Ole Miss loses coach but moves up in College Football Playoff rankings
    • Sports
    Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss holds the Golden Egg trophy following the Rebels' victory over rival Mississippi State Friday in Starkville, Miss.
  18. With Alex Golesh gone, what’s the best USF can hope for in a coach?
    • Viewpoints
    Alex Golesh is introduced as the new Auburn football coach on Monday. “We’re going to be the most violent freaking team on the football field every single Saturday,” Golesh says. “... We’re going to outwork, outthink and out-process people across the entire country.”
  19. Miami edges closer to Top 10 in latest AP football rankings
    • Sports
    Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal flashes the U after the Canes defeat the Pittsburgh Panthers 38-7 during their NCAA football game at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA, on Saturday, November 29, 2025.
  20. Who becomes USF’s next football coach? We offer a few candidates
    • USF Bulls
    In only his third month on the job, USF CEO of Athletics Rob Higgins already faces a career-defining decision: selecting a new Bulls football coach.
  21. He came, he saw, he leveraged a new job. Alex Golesh is departing USF
    • USF Bulls
    USF CEO of Athletics Rob Higgins chats with head coach Alex Golesh after Saturday night's win over Rice. Golesh completely reversed USF's fortunes with three consecutive winning seasons and a flirtation with the American Conference championship game in 2025. His stay at USF, however, was brief. It was announced Sunday that Golesh had accepted the head coaching position at Auburn.
  22. Is the rout of Rice Alex Golesh’s swan song at USF?
    • USF Bulls
    USF head coach Alex Golesh congratulates his players after a touchdown in the second quarter against Rice on Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium.
  23. Jadan Baugh seeks Gators’ first 1,000-yard season in 10 years
    • Gators
    Florida running back Jadan Baugh (13) needs 96 rushing yards Saturday against FSU to become the Gators' first 1,000-yard rusher in 10 years.
  24. Is USF’s Alex Golesh headed to Arkansas?
    • USF Bulls
    USF head coach Alex Golesh is reportedly the top choice as head coach at Arkansas. The Bulls play their final regular-season game against Rice on Saturday at home.
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