Topic: Jim Leavitt

Auburn, Newton cleared by NCAA

0 . The NCAA said it found no major violations committed by Auburn regarding Cam Newton or other pay-for-play allegations and has concluded ...
South Florida?s coach Jim Leavitt, Texas Tech ?s coach Mike Leach, and Kansas?s coach Mark Mangino have been recently fired for questionable behavior towards their players. Jim Leavitt was fired because an investigation by USF officials found he struck a ...

Jim Leavitt Fired

Jim Leavitt , head coach for the University of South Florida Bulls football team, has been fired amid allegations he struck a player during the season. During a game against the Louisville Cardinals in November 2009 , several witnesses claimed that they saw Leavitt ...
B.J. Daniels shines, South Florida begins Skip Holtz era with 59-14 victory over Stony BrookB.J. Daniels threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns Saturday night, helping South Florida launch the Skip Holtz era with a 59-14 rout of Stony Brook ...
East Carolina's Skip Holtz to replace Leavitt at South FloridaSkip Holtz is the new football coach at South Florida, taking over a program recovering from a scandal that led to the firing of Jim Leavitt.The 45-year-old Holtz led East Carolina ...
South Florida player wants fired coach Leavitt to admit wrongdoing in locker room incidentThe player who says fired South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt grabbed him by the throat and slapped him in the face wants a public apology.The attorney for ...
College coaches should 'stop and think' about player mistreatment after recent allegationsOregon State coach Mike Riley won't stop disciplining players because three of his colleagues were recently forced out after allegations of player abuse.Those accusations, however, might give him pause ...
USF's Jim Leavitt fired after probe of allegation he struck playerSouth Florida football coach Jim Leavitt has been fired following an investigation of an allegation that he struck one of his players in the locker room.The only coach in the ...

Six sleepers are ready to stir things up

In the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the author picks North Carolina State as a surprise pick with new coach Tom O'Brien. It has been 11 years since Jim Leavitt and Bob Stoops, then a couple of young assistants, left Kansas State ...

South Florida must get comfortable as a frontrunner

The article focuses on the efforts of the South Florida football team to become a front-runner. Now one of the Sunshine State's big-boy programs, South Florida is entering its eighth year of Division I-A football with adult-sized standards. South Florida was ...