The Buffs have made it official: CU football is handing the keys to Karl Dorrell.
The university formally announced Sunday that the 56-year-old Dorrell has been hired as the CU’s 27th full-time football coach, replacing Mel Tucker, who left the program Feb. 11 to take the head coaching job at Michigan State.
“I’m excited to be back. It’s like coming home,” Dorrell said in a CU release. “The thing that excited me about this job is that my experience in the past here for the most part has been very successful. We had a lot of good teams, went to a lot of good bowl games.