The UConn Blog · Sep 6, 2021
Potential UConn football head coaching candidates
Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports The second Randy Edsall era is nearing its end after the current and former Husky head coach announced he will retire at the end of the 2021 season.
For the fourth time in 11 years, UConn is conducting a football coaching search. The school was a member of the Big East and AAC the last three times — this will be the first head coach to take over the program in its FBS independence.
While many people with Twitter-brain think UConn is not going to attract many candidates for this job, it’s still an FBS gig at a flagship public school in a profession where it’s tough to move up. And at this point, expectations are pretty low.